Jeffrey Eugenides

Jeffrey Eugenides (b. March 8, 1960, in Detroit, Michigan) is an American novelist and short story writer of Greek and Irish origings. His Greek roots appear in his first novel, The Virgin Suicides, as well as in Middlesex. He graduated from Brown University in 1983 and also holds an M.A. in Creative Writing from Stanford University. Eugenides lives with his family in Berlin, Germany. He is married to the artist Karen Yamauchi. He is very reluctant to appear in public or disclose details about his private life.

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March 8 - 1960 - Detroit - Michigan - Novel - Greek - Irish - Brown University - M.A. - Stanford University - Berlin - Germany

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Novels:

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• The Virgin Suicides (1993) (ISBN 0446670251)
• Middlesex (2002) (ISBN 0374199698) - Pulitzer Prize for fiction

The Virgin Suicides became known to a wider audience when, in 1999, it was made into a film by Sofia Coppola.

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Mr. Eugenides is also the author of the following short stories:

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• "Baster" (Wonderful Town, Remnick ed., Random House 2000)
• "Air Mail" (Best American Short Stories, Proulx ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1997)
• "Ancient Myths" (The Spatial Uncanny, James Casebere, Sean Kelly Gallery, 2001)
• "The Speed of Sperm" (Granta, 1997)
• "Early Music" (The New Yorker, Oct. 10, 2005, pp. 72-79)