{{Short description|American novelist (born 1970)}}
{{Infobox person | name = Adam Fawer | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1970}} | birth_place = New York City, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | education = University of Pennsylvania<br>Wharton School<br>Stanford Graduate School of Business (MBA) | other_names = | occupation = Novelist | years_active = 2005-present | known_for = Improbable, Gnosis, Oz | notable_works = Improbable (2005), Gnosis (2008), Oz (2016) }}
'''Adam Fawer''' (born 1970 in New York City) is an American novelist. ''Improbable'', his first novel, has been translated into eighteen languages and won the 2006 International Thriller Writers Award for best first novel. His second novel, ''Gnosis'', has been published in 2008 in German, Japanese and Turkish. His third novel, ''Oz'', has been published in 2016 in Turkish only. Unlike the first two novels, it received generally negative reviews from critics and readers.{{Citation needed|date=December 2015}}
==Early life and education== Fawer holds undergraduate and master's degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania<ref>{{cite news|last1=Long|first1=Maureen|title=Alum tries to break into writing|url=http://www.thedp.com/article/2005/04/alum_tries_to_break_into_writing|accessdate=1 February 2018|publisher=Daily Pennsylvanian|date=April 22, 2005}}</ref> and received an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.<ref>{{cite web|title=GSB graduates 425 in outdoor ceremony: 6/98|url=https://news.stanford.edu/news/1998/june17/gsbgrad98.html|website=Stanford University|accessdate=1 February 2018}}</ref>
==Career== During his corporate career, Fawer worked for a variety of companies including Sony Music, J.P. Morgan, and most recently, About.com, where he was the chief operating officer.{{Citation needed|date=December 2015}}
==Awards and honours== In 2006, Fawer won the International Thriller Writers award for Best First Novel.<ref>{{cite web|title=Past Nominees and Winners|url=http://thrillerwriters.org/programs/award-nominees-and-winners/past-nominees-and-winners/|website=International Thriller Writers|accessdate=3 October 2017}}</ref>
==Personal life== Fawer lives in New York City with his partner and two sons.{{Citation needed|date=December 2015}}
==Bibliography== *''Improbable'', 2005 {{ISBN|0-06-073678-X}} *''Gnosis'', also published as ''Empathy'', 2008 {{ISBN|3463405199}} *''Oz'', 2016
==See also== {{portal|Novels}} * Laplace's demon
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070421160731/http://www.improbablebook.com/ Official Website for Adam Fawer] * [http://www.mostlyfiction.com/scifi/fawer.htm A review of Improbable by Judi Clark] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513082337/http://mostlyfiction.com/scifi/fawer.htm |date=2008-05-13 }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070427104920/http://mjroseblog.typepad.com/backstory/2005/02/adam_fawers_bac.html Adam Fawer's backstory for IMPROBABLE]
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