Jedediah Berry was raised in the Hudson Valley region of New York State. His first novel, The Manual of Detection, was published by Penguin in 2009, and has since been widely translated. The book received the Crawford Fantasy Award and the Dashiell Hammett Prize.

His short stories have appeared in journals and anthologies including Conjunctions, Ninth Letter, Chicago Review, Fairy Tale Review, Salon Fantastique, Best New American Voices, and Best American Fantasy.

He lives in western Massachusetts, and teaches creative writing at the University of Massachusetts MFA Program for Poets & Writers.

Contact: jedediah (at) thirdarchive (dot) net
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