George Saunders

George Saunders (born December 2, 1958) is an American writer of short stories, essays, novellas and children's books. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, McSweeney's and GQ. He also contributed a weekly column, American Psyche, to the weekend magazine of The Guardian until October 2008.

A professor at Syracuse University, Saunders won the National Magazine Award for fiction in 1994, 1996, 2000, and 2004, and second prize in the O. Henry Awards in 1997. His first story collection, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, was a finalist for the 1996 PEN/Hemingway Award. In 2006 Saunders received a MacArthur Fellowship. In 2006 he won the World Fantasy Award for his short story "CommComm". His story collection In Persuasion Nation was a finalist for The Story Prize in 2007. In 2013, he won the PEN/Malamud Award and was a finalist for the National Book Award. Saunders's Tenth of December: Stories won the 2013 Story Prize for short-story collections and the inaugural (2014) Folio Prize.

George Saunders (footballer, born 1918)

George Saunders (1 March 1918 – 1982) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Everton.

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George Saunders (footballer, born 1989)

George Saunders (born 10 June 1989) is an English footballer who plays as midfielder for Colombian club Envigado.

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George Saunders (wrestler)

George Saunders (born 28 May 1949) is a Canadian former wrestler who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

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George Saunders (athlete)

George Thomas Saunders (29 November 1907 – 30 November 1996) was an English athlete who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games.

At the 1934 Empire Games he was a member of the English relay team which won the gold medal in the 4×110 yards event. In the 100 yards competition he finished fourth.

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George Saunders (disambiguation)

George Saunders is an American short story writer and professor at Syracuse University.

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