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Charles Bock is an American

United States

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writer whose debut 2008 novel

2008 in literature

The year 2008 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*January 1 - In the 2008 New Year Honours, Hanif Kureishi , Jenny Uglow , Peter Vansittart and Debjani Chatterjee are all rewarded for "services to literature".*June 15 - Gore Vidal, asked in a New York Times...

Beautiful Children (published by Random House

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) was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year for 2008, and won the 2009 Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction

Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction

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from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in New York

New York City

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, with his wife and daughter.

Biography

Bock was born and raised in Las Vegas, which served as the setting for Beautiful Children. He comes from a family of pawnbrokers who've operated pawn shops in downtown Las Vegas for more than thirty years. On his website, he reflects upon his upbringing as a source of inspiration for the novel:
Bock earned a Master's of Fine Arts in fiction

Fiction

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and literature

Literature

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from Bennington College

Bennington College

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and has taught fiction at the Gotham Writers Workshop in New York City.

Bock is a 2009 recipient of the Silver Pen Award (Nevada Writers Hall of Fame), which was established in 1996 to recognize mid-career writers who have already shown substantial achievement. http://www.knowledgecenter.unr.edu/friends/hallfame/silverpen.html

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