Patrick Somerville’s new story collection, “The Universe in Miniature in Miniature” (Featherproof Books), will be published in November 2010.
His first book of stories, “Trouble,” was published in September 2006 (Vintage) and named 2006′s Best Book by a Chicago Author by Time Out Chicago.
His first novel, “The Cradle,” was called “magical” by the New York Times, which added “in a streamlined 200-page novel, he tells an endearing story full of genuinely surprising turns.”
His writing has appeared in One Story, Epoch, GQ, Esquire and Best American Nonrequired Reading.
He grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, went to college at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and later earned his MFA from Cornell University. He has taught creative writing and English at Cornell, Northwestern, the Auburn State Correctional Facility and The Graham School in Chicago.
Visit him online at www.patricksomerville.com.
