Brad Kessler

Brad Kessler is an American novelist. His most recent work is "Birds in Fall" (2006) [ [http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=25&pid=516783 Simon & Schuster: Birds in Fall: A Novel (Hardcover) ] ] . Kessler was the 2007 Fiction recipient of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for "Birds in Fall" [ [http://www.daytonliterarypeaceprize.org/2007-fiction_winner.htm Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Brad Kessler, 2007 Fiction Winner ] ] . Part of the novel was previously published as a short story in "The Kenyon Review" [http://www.kenyonreview.org] (Spring 2006) [ [http://www.kenyonreview.org/interviews/kessler.php The Kenyon Review ] ] .

Kessler's essays and articles have appeared in the "New Yorker", the "Nation", the "New York Times Magazine", among others, as well as in "The Kenyon Review". He is the author of several award-winning children’s books, and the recipient of a Lange-Taylor Prize from Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies. He has taught at the New School University and in the MFA program at Antioch University, Los Angeles.

He lives in Vermont with his wife, photographer Dona Ann McAdams where he raises goats as well as writes. His non-fiction book (rumored to be titled "Goat Diaries") is forthcoming.

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