Dr. Brandon Hobson is the author of the novels, The Devil is a Southpaw, The Removed, Where the Dead Sit Talking, which was finalist for the 2018 National Book Award, and other books. He received fellowships from the John W. Simon Guggenheim Foundation and UCROSS, and his work has appeared in The Best American Short Stories, McSweeney's, Conjunctions, NOON, and many other places. He is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation Tribe of Oklahoma.

Education:

PhD, English (Creative Writing), Oklahoma State University
MA, English, University of Central Oklahoma
BA, English, Oklahoma City University

Books:

The Devil is a Southpaw
The Removed, (Ecco/Harpercollins, 2021)
Where the Dead Sit Talking (Soho Press, 2018)
Desolation of Avenues Untold (CCM, 2015)
Deep Ellum (Calamari, 2014)

Recent Awards/Honors:

2019 Finalist for the St. Francis Literary Award
2018 Finalist for the National Book Award in Fiction
2018 Winner of the Reading the West Book Award
2016 Pushcart Prize