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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Brooks_Hansen > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Brooks_Hansen.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Hansen > Source revision: 1229335004 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American novelist}} {{More footnotes needed|date=November 2013}} {{Infobox writer |image = Brooks 2022.jpg |imagesize = | name = Brooks Hansen | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date ={{birth date and age|1965|3|29}} | birth_place =[New York City](/source/New_York_City), U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University) | occupation = [Novelist](/source/Novelist) | period = 1990–present | genre = [Literary fiction](/source/Literary_fiction) | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | signature = | website = {{URL|brookshansen.com}} }} '''Brooks Hansen''' (born March 29, 1965) is an American [novelist](/source/novelist), screenwriter, and illustrator best known for his 1995 book ''The Chess Garden''. He was the recipient of the John Simon [Guggenheim Fellowship](/source/Guggenheim_Fellowship) in 2005. Since 2010, Hansen has lived and worked at the [Cate School](/source/Cate_School), where he teaches English and Humanities.{{cite web |title=English Department Faculty|url=https://www.cate.org/education/faculty/english/#1478288621002-1e9fdf56-96b6 |website=Cate School}} He lives with his family in [Carpinteria](/source/Carpinteria), [California](/source/California).{{cite web |title=Brooks Hansen |url=http://www.brookshansen.com |website=Brooks Hansen |publisher=Blogger}} Hansen started his own [imprint](/source/Imprint_(trade_name)), Star Pine Books, in 2016. ==Writing career== Brooks Hansen was born in [New York City](/source/New_York_City) on March 29, 1965.{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2009 |publisher=Gale |isbn=9780787639952 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000042056/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=adb3cd10 |access-date=27 January 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Brooks Hansen }} After graduating from [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University), he and [Nick Davis](/source/Nick_Davis_(television_and_movie_producer)), a childhood friend and classmate, co-wrote their first novel, ''Boone'', a biographical account of the fictional Arthur Eton Boone.{{cite news |last1=Corn|first1=Alfred|title=A Stand-Up Genius |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/05/books/a-stand-up-genius.html?pagewanted=2|accessdate=2021-03-20|date=1990-08-05}} It was released in 1990 and named a ''[New York Times](/source/New_York_Times)'' Notable Book. His next major published work was 1995's ''The Chess Garden''.{{cite news |last1=Parini|first1=Jay|title=Dispatches From the Antipodes |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/24/books/dispatches-from-the-antipodes.html|accessdate=2021-03-20|date=1995-09-24}} It was critically acclaimed and named a ''New York Times'' Notable Book of the Year, a ''[Publishers Weekly](/source/Publishers_Weekly)'' Best Book of the Year, and to the Fall 1995 [Barnes & Noble](/source/Barnes_%26_Noble) "Discover Great New Writers" program. His next work, a young adult novel called ''Caesar's Antlers'', which he also illustrated, was criticized as being too erudite for its target audience, with Mark Oppenheimer in review for ''The New York Times'' writing that his prose was "too intricate for most adults to follow, let alone listening children".{{cite news |last1=Oppenheimer|first1=Mark|title=Children's Books |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/19/books/children-s-books-438545.html|accessdate=2021-03-20|date=1998-04-19}} (Featuring a sparrow who nests in a reindeer's antlers, and recommended for ages 8–12 by the publisher, it was reviewed as a children's book, although not a read-aloud.) His 2003 novel ''The Monsters of St. Helena'', a fictional account of [Napoleon Bonaparte](/source/Napoleon_Bonaparte)'s final years on St. Helena, was again acclaimed, and named a ''New York Times'' Notable Book, as 1999's ''Perlman's Ordeal'' had been.{{cite news |last1=Pye|first1=Michael|title=Voted Onto The Island |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/02/books/voted-onto-the-island.html|accessdate=2021-03-20|date=2003-02-02}} He has since written numerous other works. His most recent title ''The Unknown Woman of the Seine'' (Delphinium Books) was among the New York Times top selections for historical fiction of 2021.{{Cite news |last=Becker |first=Alida |date=2021-12-03 |title=The Season's Best New Historical Novels |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/03/books/review/new-historical-fiction.html |access-date=2022-06-16 |issn=0362-4331}} ==Works== * ''Boone'', by Hansen and Nick Davis (1990) – ''New York Times'' Notable Book * ''The Chess Garden'' (1995) – ''New York Times'' Notable Book of the Year; ''Publishers Weekly'' Best Book of the Year; selected for the Fall 1995 [Barnes & Noble](/source/Barnes_%26_Noble) "Discover Great New Writers" program * ''Caesar's Antlers'', self-illustrated (1997), for children * ''Perlman's Ordeal: A Novel'' (1999) – ''New York Times'' Notable Book * ''The Monsters of St. Helena'' (2003) – ''New York Times'' Notable Book * ''The Brotherhood of Joseph'' (2008), a memoir * ''John the Baptizer: A Novel'' (2009) * ''Asmodeus: The Legend of Margrét and the Dragon'' (2016) * "BEASTIE: Lord of The Lamp Post, a recollection with drawings" (2016) * ''The Unknown Woman of the Seine'' (2021) ==References== {{Reflist |25em}} == External links == * {{official website|http://brookshansen.com/}} * {{LCAuth|n90612229|Brooks Hansen|10|}} * {{isfdb name|2267}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hansen, Brooks}} Category:20th-century American novelists Category:21st-century American novelists Category:American male novelists Category:Novelists from New York (state) Category:Harvard University alumni Category:Living people Category:People from Carpinteria, California Category:20th-century American male writers Category:21st-century American male writers Category:Novelists from California Category:1965 births --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Brooks Hansen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Hansen) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Hansen?action=history)). 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