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Anthony Doerr is the author of two books, The Shell Collector, and About Grace. His fiction has appeared in numerous publications, including the O. Henry Prize Stories, Paris Review, Atlantic Monthly, Zoetrope: All Story, Tin House, and The Best American Short Stories. The Shell Collector, a volume of eight short stories, was published in 2002 and won the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize, two O. Henry Prizes, the Rome Prize, and the Ohioana Book Award. It was a New York Times Notable Book and an American Library Association Book of the Year. About Grace, his first novel, was published last year and was named one of the Best Books of 2004 by the Washington Post, won the Ohioana Book Award again, and was a finalist for the PEN USA fiction award. His third book, Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World, a memoir about living with his family for a year in Italy, will be published by Scribner in June, 2007. He also contributes regularly to the Morning News, and writes a bimonthly column on science-related books for the Boston Globe. Doerr lives in Boise, Idaho.
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