This article is about the American author. For other people with this name, see David Gilbert (disambiguation).
David Gilbert
Birth date1967 (age 59–60)
Birth placeParis, France
OccupationShort story writer, novelist
NationalityAmerican
Notableworks& Sons, The Normals, and Remote Feed
EducationMiddlebury College
University of Montana (MFA)
RelativesS. Parker Gilbert (father)

David Gilbert (born 1967 in Paris) is an American author known for the novels & Sons and The Normals, and for Remote Feed, a collection of short stories.

Early life and education

Gilbert's father was S. Parker Gilbert, the Chairman of Morgan Stanley during the 1980s and his grandfather was Seymour Parker Gilbert, the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and the Agent General for Reparations to Germany, from October 1924 to May 1930. He grew up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, graduated from Middlebury College, and earned an MFA in fiction writing from the University of Montana.[1][2][3]

Career

His published work includes Remote Feed (1998), a collection of short stories, and the novels & Sons (2013) and The Normals (2005). His writings have appeared in periodicals such as GQ, Harper's Magazine and The New Yorker.

When & Sons (2013) was released after the moderate success of his first, the publisher printed thousands of advanced copies to Gilbert's bafflement.[4] & Sons went on to be nominated for the 2015 St. Francis College Literary Prize and Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize in 2017. Filming on a feature film adaptation of & Sons took place in late 2024 and early 2025.[5]

Personal life

Gilbert lives in New York City and has three children.

Bibliography

Novels

  • Gilbert, David (2004). The Normals. Bloomsbury USA. ISBN 9781582344560.
  • Gilbert, David (2013). &Sons. Random House. ISBN 9780812993967.

Collections

  • Gilbert, David (1998). Remote Feed. Scribner. ISBN 9780684843063.

Short fiction

YearTitleFirst published inReprinted in
2013From a Farther RoomThe New Yorker 89/21 (July 22, 2013)
2018FungusThe New Yorker (June 4 and June 11, 2018)

References

  1. ^ "Alumni, Faculty and Student". www.umt.edu. Retrieved 2025-06-25.
  2. ^ "MFA Program in Creative Writing". www.umt.edu. Retrieved 2025-06-25.
  3. ^ Mudge, Alden (2013-07-17). "David Gilbert". BookPage | Discover your next great book!. Retrieved 2025-06-25.
  4. ^ Brockes, Emma (2014-01-04). "David Gilbert: 'I wanted to be a writer before I was a reader. I liked the idea of making things up'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-06-25.
  5. ^ Grobar, Matt (February 13, 2025). "Imelda Staunton, Johnny Flynn & Dominic West Among New Additions To Pablo Trapero's '& Sons' As Drama Lines Up Pre-Sales". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 22 May 2025.