David Ebershoff

David Ebershoff is the author of four books of fiction, including The Danish Girl, The Rose City, and Pasadena. His most recent novel is the international bestseller, The 19th Wife, which was also made into a television movie. His writing has won a number of awards, including the Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Lambda Literary Award. His books have been translated into eighteen languages to critical acclaim. Ebershoff teaches in the graduate writing program at Columbia University. For many years he has worked as an editor-at-large at Random House, where he has edited many writers including Norman Mailer, David Mitchell, Gary Shteyngart, Teju Cole, Adam Johnson, Billy Collins, Diane Keaton, Jane Jacobs, Shirin Ebadi, and the posthumous works of Truman Capote and WG Sebald. Originally from Pasadena, California, he now lives in New York City.