Don De Grazia
Encyclopedia
Don De Grazia is a professor of Fiction Writing at Columbia College
in Chicago
, and is the author of the novel
American Skin. Prior to publishing his first novel, he worked as a factory worker, bouncer
and soldier. He lives in Chicago.
American Skin was originally published in the UK in 1998 by Jonathan Cape and in 1999 by Scribner
.
Columbia College Chicago
Columbia College Chicago is one of the largest art colleges in the United States with nearly 12,000 students pursuing degrees within 120 undergraduate and graduate programs...
in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, and is the author of the novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
American Skin. Prior to publishing his first novel, he worked as a factory worker, bouncer
Bouncer (doorman)
A bouncer is an informal term for a type of security guard employed at venues such as bars, nightclubs or concerts to provide security, check legal age, and refuse entry to a venue based on criteria such as intoxication, aggressive behavior, or attractiveness...
and soldier. He lives in Chicago.
American Skin was originally published in the UK in 1998 by Jonathan Cape and in 1999 by Scribner
Charles Scribner's Sons
Charles Scribner's Sons, or simply Scribner, is an American publisher based in New York City, known for publishing a number of American authors including Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Kurt Vonnegut, Stephen King, Robert A. Heinlein, Thomas Wolfe, George Santayana, John Clellon...
.