Larry Watson

Larry Watson
Larry Watson is the author of numerous novels, including Montana 1948, American Boy, As Good As Gone, and Let Him Go, which was adapted into a film by Focus Features and released in 2020. He is the recipient of the Milkweed National Fiction Prize, the Friends of American Writers Award, two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and many other prizes and awards. His essays and reviews have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Chicago Sun-Times, and elsewhere. Born in Rugby, North Dakota, he grew up in Bismarck and is now Visiting Professor at Marquette University. He lives in Milwaukee.
Awards
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (2)
Milkweed National Fiction Prize
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