Brooks Hansen

period = 1990 - present genre = Literary fiction subject = movement = debut_works = Boone (1990) influences = influenced = signature = website = footnotes = }} Brooks Hansen is an American novelist, best known for his 1995 book The Chess Garden. He has also written one young adult's novel.

Works

• Boone (1990) Co-written with childhood friend, and Harvard classmate Nick Davis.
• The Chess Garden (1995) A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Selected for the Fall 1995 Barnes and Noble "Discover Great New Writers" program.
• Caesar's Antlers (1997) For young adults
• Perlman's Ordeal: A Novel (1999)
• The Monsters of St. Helena (2003)

Links

• 'The Monsters of St. Helena': Voted Onto the Island New York Times, February 2, 2003
• "Breaking the Waves" Village Voice, September 8, 1999
• "A Stand-Up Genius" New York Times, August 5, 1990
• An interview with Brooks Hansen

Category: American novelists Category: New York writers Category: Living people