About
An American novelist and short story writer, he is best known for The Sot-Weed Factor, a novel that focuses on a fictionalized Ebenezer Cooke. His works are often classified as both postmodernist and metafictional.
Before Fame
He graduated from Johns Hopkins University and subsequently taught at The Pennsylvania State University for over a decade.
Trivia
He was a recipient of The National Book Award.
Family Life
He and his two siblings were born in Cambridge, Maryland. He married, and later divorced, Anne Strickland.
Associated With
He and John Ashbery are both considered postmodernist writers.
