Thrilling tales michael chabon biography

PERSONAL: Surname is pronounced "shay-bahn"; born , in Washington, DC; son of Robert (a physician, lawyer, and hospital manager) and Sharon (a lawyer) Chabon; married Lollie Groth (a poet; divorced, ); married Ayelet Waldman (a writer), ; children: (second marriage) Sophie, Ezekiel, Rosie.

Education:University of Pittsburgh, B.A., ; University of California—Irvine, M.F.A.

ADDRESSES: Home—Berkeley, CA. Agent—Mary Evans, Inc., East 5th Street, New York, NY

CAREER: Writer and screenwriter.

AWARDS, HONORS: Publishers Weekly best books, New York Times Notable Book, both , and Scripter Award, Friends of the University of Southern California Libraries, , all for Wonder Boys; O.

Henry Award, Third Prize, , for story "Son of the Wolfman"; National Book Critics Circle Award nomination, , short-listed for PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, , New York Society Library Award, , Gold Medal, Commonwealth Club of California, , and Pulitzer Prize for fiction, , al