Brando Skyhorse

Brando Skyhorse
Born	Echo Park, California
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Stanford University; UC Irvine.
Notable awards	Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction; PEN/Hemingway Award

Brando Skyhorse is a Hispanic Native American author and winner of the 2011 PEN/Hemingway Award^[1][2] and the 2011 Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction for his novel The Madonnas of Echo Park. He was a professional book editor prior to publishing this book, which was originally named Amexicans.^[3][4] Skyhorse Publishing is named after him.^[5]

Life

Skyhorse was born and raised in Echo Park, California and has degrees from Stanford University and from the MFA Writers' Workshop program at UC Irvine.^[6]

He currently lives in New Jersey with his couch, Big Red.

Works

• The Madonnas of Echo Park: A Novel. Simon and Schuster. 8 February 2011. ISBN 978-1-4391-7084-7.
• Take This Man: A Memoir. Simon and Schuster. 3 June 2014. ISBN 978-1-4391-7087-8.

References

1. "Brando Skyhorse getting PEN/Hemingway Award". Associated Press. 26 March 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
2. North-Hager, Eddie (March 7, 2011). "Brando Skyhorse wins Hemingway Foundation/Pen Award for 'Madonnas of Echo Park' (+video interview)". Echo Park Online. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
3. Neyfakh, Leon (April 16, 2009). "Free Press Bests Ecco, Twelve in Pursuit Of Short Stories by Former Grove Editor Brando Skyhorse". The New York Observer. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
4. McKenna, Alix (9 July 2010). "The Weight of Invisibility: A Chat with Novelist Brando Skyhorse". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
5. Milliot, Jim (Sep 22, 2006). "Lyons Forms Skyhorse Publishing". Publishers Weekly 253 (38). Retrieved January 11, 2012.
6. "Interview with Brando Skyhorse". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved January 16, 2013.

External links

• Official website