Evan James - Adult Fiction
Evan James grew up on Bainbridge Island, Wash., where
his debut novel,
Cheer Up, Mr. Widdicombe (Atria, March 26, 2019), is set. His essays have appeared in
Oxford
American, the
New York Times, Travel + Leisure and many other publications. He has an MFA
in fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and lives in New York. He teaches
creative writing to middle and high schoolers in Connecticut.
In
a recent interview he notes that, " I love books that are concerned with the
ache of the passage of time in some way . . . I’m also drawn to flamboyant
style.”
