Tom Barbash author biography, plus links to books by Tom Barbash.

Tom Barbash

Tom Barbash grew up in New York and is the author of three books as well as numerous reviews, stories essays, and articles for publications including McSweeney's, Tin House, the Believer, Narrative Magazine, One Story, StoryQuarterly, Zyzzyva, the Missouri Review, Story Magazine, Men's Journal, ESPN the Magazine, BookForum, and the New York Times.

His short story collection Stay Up With Me was nominated for the Folio Prize, and was picked as a Best Book of the Year by the Independent, NPR, Amazon.com, the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Jose Mercury News, and was a San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller and a New York Times Editor's Choice. British GQ, British Vogue, and British Harper's Bazaar selected it for their summer book clubs.

His novel The Last Good Chance, was awarded The California Book Award, was a Publishers Weekly and Anniston Star Best Book of the Year, and was short listed for the Great Lakes Book Prize and the Saroyan International Prize.

He has held fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, The James Michener Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

This biography was last updated on 12/04/2018.

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