Daniel Mason
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For the American composer, see Daniel Gregory Mason
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Daniel Mason is an American novelist. He received a BA in biology
from Harvard University
, graduating at the top of his class. He later graduated from medical school at the University of California, San Francisco
. He wrote his first novel, The Piano Tuner
, while still a medical student. The book became a bestseller and was published in 27 countrieshttp://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780375414664. Mason's second novel, A Far Country, was published in March 2007.
Daniel Gregory Mason
Daniel Gregory Mason was an American composer and music critic.-Biography:...
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Daniel Mason is an American novelist. He received a BA in biology
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, graduating at the top of his class. He later graduated from medical school at the University of California, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
The University of California, San Francisco is one of the world's leading centers of health sciences research, patient care, and education. UCSF's medical, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, and graduate schools are among the top health science professional schools in the world...
. He wrote his first novel, The Piano Tuner
The Piano Tuner
The Piano Tuner is a historical novel by Daniel Mason, set in British India and Burma.-Synopsis:The novel is set in 1886, in the jungles of Burma. The protagonist, a middle-aged man by the name of Edgar Drake is commissioned by the British War Office to repair a rare Erard grand piano belonging to...
, while still a medical student. The book became a bestseller and was published in 27 countrieshttp://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780375414664. Mason's second novel, A Far Country, was published in March 2007.
Books
- The Piano TunerThe Piano TunerThe Piano Tuner is a historical novel by Daniel Mason, set in British India and Burma.-Synopsis:The novel is set in 1886, in the jungles of Burma. The protagonist, a middle-aged man by the name of Edgar Drake is commissioned by the British War Office to repair a rare Erard grand piano belonging to...
- 2002 - A Far Country - 2007
- Death of the Pugilist, or The Famous Battle of Jacob Burke & Blindman McGraw - 2008
External links
- About the author at Borzoi books.
- Interview with Mason at identitytheory.com.
- Interview with Mason at Bold Type.
- Review of The Piano Tuner by Michiko KakutaniMichiko Kakutaniis an American Pulitzer Prize-winning critic for The New York Times and is considered by many to be a leading literary critic in the United States.-Life and career:...
in The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...