is a queer, multidisciplinary storyteller based in DC. He is the USA Today bestselling author of The Merriest Misters, Never Been Kissed (Booklist starred review), You’re a Mean One, Matthew Prince (AudioFile Earphones Award), and New Adult (2024 ALA Alex Award Nomination). He was an inaugural author for the launch of Harlequin’s inclusive spicy romance line Afterglow Books with his “playful yet heartfelt romp” (Publisher’s Weekly), The Fake Dating Game. His books have been featured...| The PEN/Faulkner Foundation
“I’m deeply honored to receive the PEN/Malamud Award–to be associated with Bernard Malamud and to stand alongside so many practitioners of the short story form,” said Means. “The short story feels intrinsic to the human condition, as natural as drinking water or sharing love. It’s a singular tool for probing the human experience, illuminating the universals of who we are. The form also feels especially suited to exploring the nature of life in the United States: a country vast and...| The PEN/Faulkner Foundation
David Means is the author of six short-story collections, including Two Nurses, Smoking; Instructions for a Funeral; The Spot—a New York Times Notable Book of the Year; Assorted Fire Events—winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; and The Secret Goldfish. His novel Hystopia was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize. A Guggenheim Fellow and three-time winner of the O. Henry Prize, his stories have appeared in The New Y...| The PEN/Faulkner Foundation
The PEN/Faulkner Foundation is proud to announce that it has assumed the responsibility for administering the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel.| The PEN/Faulkner Foundation
Rachel Beanland is the author of two novels, The House Is On Fire and Florence Adler Swims Forever. The House Is On Fire was selected as an Indie Next pick by the American Booksellers Association, a ‘GMA Buzz Pick’ by Good Morning America, a “most anticipated” book by the Washington Post, and one of the best books of 2023 by NPR and The New Yorker. Beanland’s debut novel, Florence Adler Swims Forever, was selected as a book club pick by Barnes & Noble, a featured debut by Amazon, an...| The PEN/Faulkner Foundation
Taymour Soomro is the author of the novel Other Names for Love (2022) and the co-editor of the essay collection Letters to a Writer of Color (2023). His writing has appeared in The New Yorker and the New York Times. He has received fellowships from the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing, the Sozopol Fiction Seminars, and the Bread Loaf Writers Conference.| The PEN/Faulkner Foundation
