# Eric Puchner

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**Eric Puchner** is an American [novelist](/source/Novelist) and [short story writer](/source/Short_story_writer).

## Life

His short stories have appeared in [Tin House](/source/Tin_House), *Chicago Tribune*, *The Sun*, *The Missouri Review*,[1] and *Best New American Voices*. He was a fellow at [Bread Loaf Writers' Conference](/source/Bread_Loaf_Writers'_Conference). His story, "Beautiful Monsters", was selected by [Tom Perrotta](/source/Tom_Perrotta) for the 2012 edition of [The Best American Short Stories](/source/The_Best_American_Short_Stories).

He attended [Chadwick School](/source/Chadwick_School) high school. He taught at [San Francisco State University](/source/San_Francisco_State_University), [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University), and [Claremont McKenna College](/source/Claremont_McKenna_College).[2]

In February, 2025, Puchner's novel *Dream State* became [Oprah Winfrey](/source/Oprah_Winfrey)'s 111th Book Club selection.[3]

He currently teaches at [Johns Hopkins University](/source/Johns_Hopkins_University).[4][5][6] He lives in [Baltimore](/source/Baltimore) with his wife, novelist Katharine Noel, and their two children.[7][8]

## Awards

- Pushcart Prize XXVIII
- Wallace Stegner Fellowship[9]
- 2006 [National Endowment for the Arts](/source/National_Endowment_for_the_Arts) grant
- *Music Through the Floor*, which was a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice and a finalist for the New York Public Library [Young Lions Fiction Award](/source/Young_Lions_Fiction_Award).
- PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist

## Work

- ["Animals Here Below"](http://www.all-story.com/issues.cgi?action=show_story&story_id=276). *Zoetrope: All Story*. **9** (3). Fall 2005.
- ["Children of God"](http://www.all-story.com/issues.cgi?action=show_story&story_id=181). *Zoetrope: All Story*. **6** (4). Winter 2002.

### Novels

- [*Model Home: A Novel*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Vhif4CB6S84C&dq=Eric%20Puchner%20stanford&pg=PP1), Simon and Schuster, 2010, ISBN 978-0-7432-7048-9
- *Dream State*, Penguin/[Doubleday](/source/Doubleday_(publisher)), 2025, ISBN 9780385550666

### Short stories

- [*Music Through the Floor*](https://books.google.com/books?id=nL-As-xR49oC&q=Eric+Puchner). Simon and Schuster. 2005. ISBN 978-0-7432-7046-5.
- *Last Day on Earth*. 2017

### Non-fiction

- ["I MARRIED A NOVELIST"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090520042341/http://therumpus.net/2009/04/i-married-a-novelist/). *Canteen*. **4**. 2009. Archived from [the original](http://therumpus.net/2009/04/i-married-a-novelist/#more-13770) on May 20, 2009.

### Anthologies

- *Best New American Voices 2005*, John Kulka, Natalie Danford, Francine Prose (eds), Harcourt, 2004, ISBN 978-0-15-602899-8

## References

1. ["TMR: Diablo"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110727090033/http://www.missourireview.org/content/dynamic/text_detail.php?text_id=237). Archived from [the original](http://www.missourireview.org/content/dynamic/text_detail.php?text_id=237) on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2009-05-30.

1. ["Authors : Eric Puchner : Interviews"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120304185432/http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Eric-Puchner/27958269/interview). Archived from [the original](http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Eric-Puchner/27958269/interview) on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2010-03-21.

1. ["Oprah Selects Her 111th Book Club Pick"](https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/a63787749/oprah-book-club-dream-state-eric-puchner/). *www.oprahdaily.com*. Retrieved 2025-07-25.

1. ["Eric Puchner's Biography | Red Room"](https://archive.today/20120907164509/http://www.redroom.com/author/eric-puchner/bio). Archived from [the original](http://www.redroom.com/author/eric-puchner/bio) on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2010-03-21.

1. ["Writers' Showcase: A Writer's Studio Faculty Reading"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110720045327/http://event.stanford.edu/events/177/17745/). *event.stanford.edu*. Archived from [the original](http://event.stanford.edu/events/177/17745/) on 2011-07-20.

1. ["Events Calendar 2009-2010"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100430111825/http://www.stanford.edu/group/creativewriting/events.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.stanford.edu/group/creativewriting/events.html) on 2010-04-30. Retrieved 2010-03-21.

1. ["Profile | KQED Public Media for Northern CA"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080814223025/https://www.kqed.org/arts/profile/index.jsp?essid=1284). *www.kqed.org*. Archived from [the original](http://www.kqed.org/arts/profile/index.jsp?essid=1284) on 2008-08-14.

1. ["Eric Puchner Finds the Cooler Version of Himself - GQ May 2012"](https://www.gq.com/story/cooler-me-eric-puchner-gq-may-2012-doppelganger). 9 May 2012.

1. ["Braving fierce competition, 10 new Stegner Fellows selected: 05/02"](http://news.stanford.edu/news/2002/may15/stegner-515.html). 23 January 2023.

## External links

- [Author's website](http://www.ericpuchner.com/)
- ["Eric Puchner", *KQED*](http://www.kqed.org/arts/profile/index.jsp?essid=1284)
- [Interview with Eric Puchner at Simon & Schuster](https://web.archive.org/web/20120304185432/http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Eric-Puchner/27958269/interview)
- [Interview with Eric Puchner, *The Southeast Review*](http://southeastreview.org/2009/07/eric-puchner.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20091126134016/http://southeastreview.org/2009/07/eric-puchner.html) 2009-11-26 at the Wayback Machine

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