Personal profile
About
John Dalton is the author of the novel Heaven Lake, winner of the Barnes and Noble 2004 Discover Award in Fiction and the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His second novel, The Inverted Forest, was published in 2011 and selected as a best book of the year by The St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Wall Street Journal - Book Lover. John is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He has held fellowships at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and the MacDowell Colony.
Education/Academic qualification
Iowa Writing Workshop, MFA, University of Iowa
Research Interests
- Novel
- Fiction
- Contemporary Writing
- Contemporary Literature
- Creative Writing
- Creative Writing Pedagogy
- Editing
- Literary Criticism
- Literary Journal Editing
- Literary Review
Disciplines
- English Language and Literature
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My Mother the Spy: a review of William Boyd's Restless
Dalton, J., Nov 5 2006Research output: Other contribution
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Prizes
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Fellowship at the Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown
Dalton, J. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Fellowship at the MacDowell Colony
Dalton, J. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)