Benjamin Percy

Benjamin Percy is the author of two novels, Red Moon (forthcoming from Grand Central/Hachette in May 2013) and The Wilding, as well as two books of short stories, Refresh, Refresh and The Language of Elk. His fiction and nonfiction have been published by Esquire (where he is a contributing editor), GQ, Time, Outside, Men’s Journal, the Wall Street Journal, Tin House and the Paris Review. His honors include an NEA fellowship, the Whiting Writers’ Award, the Plimpton Prize, the Pushcart Prize, and inclusion in Best American Short Stories. He is the writer-in-residence at St. Olaf College and teaches at the low-res MFA program at Pacific University.