Daniel Mason

{{short description|American novelist}} {{About||the American composer|Daniel Gregory Mason|people with similar names|Daniel Masson (disambiguation){{!}}Daniel Masson}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Daniel Mason | image = Daniel Mason in the video '2019 Northern California Book Awards at the San Francisco Public Library'.png | alt = | caption = Accepting a Northern California Book Award at the [[San Francisco Public Library]] in 2019 | birth_name = | birth_date = c. 1976 | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | burial_place = | occupation = Writer, physician | awards = | spouse = | children = | education = {{Plainlist| * [[Harvard University]] * [[UCSF School of Medicine]] }} | signature = | party = }}

'''Daniel Mason''' (born c. 1976) is an American novelist and physician. He is the author of ''[[The Piano Tuner]]'', ''A Far Country'' and ''[[North Woods (novel)|North Woods]]''.

== Biography == He was raised in [[Palo Alto, California]], and received a BA in [[biology]] from [[Harvard University]], later graduating from the [[UCSF School of Medicine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.identitytheory.com/daniel-mason/ |title=Daniel Mason |website=Identity Theory |date=2002-10-21 |accessdate=2018-12-21}}</ref>

He wrote his first novel, ''[[The Piano Tuner]]'' (2002), while still a medical student. It was later the basis for a 2004 opera of the same name (composed by [[Nigel Osborne]] to a libretto by [[Amanda Holden (writer)|Amanda Holden]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-piano-tuner-linbury-studio-royal-opera-house-london-543729.html|title=The Piano Tuner, Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House, London|date=14 October 2004|website=The Independent|accessdate=21 December 2018}}</ref> Mason's second novel, ''A Far Country'', was published in March 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/apr/27/fiction|title=Daniel Mason talks to Michelle Pauli|date=27 April 2007|publisher=|accessdate=21 December 2018 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> ''[[North Woods (novel)|North Woods]]'' was published in 2023. His work has been published in 28 countries.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://creativewriting.stanford.edu/events/daniel-mason-reading |title=Creative Writing Program – Daniel Mason Reading |publisher=Stanford University |access-date=2018-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180611172814/http://creativewriting.stanford.edu/events/daniel-mason-reading |date=November 2015 |archive-date=2018-06-11 |url-status=dead|df= }}</ref> He is married to the novelist [[Sara Houghteling]].<ref>Mason, Wyatt. {{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/12/magazine/if-this-book-is-not-expressing-everything-what-am-i-doing-with-my-life.html |title='If This Book Is Not Expressing Everything What Am I Doing with My Life' |website=The New York Times Magazine |date=12 September 2018}}</ref> In May 2020, Mason was the recipient of the {{Currency|50,000|USD}} [[Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize]].<ref name="chronicle">Kosman, Joshia (May 12, 2020). [https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/bay-area-author-and-psychiatrist-daniel-mason-wins-50000-joyce-carol-oates-prize "Bay Area author and psychiatrist Daniel Mason wins $50,000 Joyce Carol Oates Prize"]. ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]''.</ref> In 2024 he received a [[PEN Oakland awards|PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award]] for ''North Woods''.

Mason is a psychiatrist affiliated with [[Stanford Hospital]], and teaches literature at Stanford University.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2018/10/02/medicine-and-literature-mental-health-and-history-a-qa-with-psychiatrist-writer-daniel-mason/ |title=Medicine and literature, mental health and history: A Q&A with psychiatrist-writer Daniel Mason |website=Scopeblog |date=2 October 2018 |publisher=Stanford Medicine}}</ref>

North Woods was longlisted in 2025 for the [[International Dublin Literary Award]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=IGO |date=2025-01-14 |title=North Woods |url=https://dublinliteraryaward.ie/the-library/books/north-woods/ |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=Dublin Literary Award |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Books== *''[[The Piano Tuner]]'' (2002) *''A Far Country'' (2007) *''Death of the Pugilist, or The Famous Battle of Jacob Burke & Blindman McGraw'' (2008)<ref>"[https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/daniel-mason/picador-shots-death-of-the-pugilist-or-the-famous-battle-of-jacob-burke-and-blindman-mcgraw/9781447210696 Picador Shots – 'Death of the Pugilist, or The Famous Battle of Jacob Burke & Blindman McGraw']". Pan Macmillan. Retrieved May 26, 2020.</ref> *''[[The Winter Soldier (novel)|The Winter Soldier]]'' (2018) *''A Registry of My Passage upon the Earth'' (2020) *''[[North Woods (novel)|North Woods]]'' (2023)

==See also== * [[Physician writer]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.identitytheory.com/people/birnbaum68.html Interview] with Mason at identitytheory.com * [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D06E1DE1730F934A2575AC0A9649C8B63 Review] of ''The Piano Tuner'' by [[Michiko Kakutani]] in ''[[The New York Times]]''

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