Best Boy (Gottlieb)

Author Bio
• Birth—N/A
• Raised—New Jersey, USA
• Education—Hampshire College
• Awards—Rome Prize; McKitterick Prize (Britain)
• Currently—lives in New York City, New York


Eli Gottlieb, an American author, was born in New York City and raised in New Jeresy. He graduated from Hampshire College.

Novels
His first novel, The Boy Who Went Away, was published in 1997 to widespread critical acclaim. It earned Gottlieb the Rome Prize and the McKitterick Prize from the British Society of Authors in 1998.

His second novel, Now You Seem Him, came out in 2008. Translated into eleven languages, the novel was named "Book of the Year" by The Independent (UK) and Bookmarks magazine.

His third novel, The Face Thief, came out in 2012, and his fourth, Best Boy in 2015.

Career
Gottlieb has taught American literature at the University of Padua Italy, written documentary films and worked as a senior editor at Elle magazine, and as a staff writer for The Jewish Theological Seminary of America. He lives in New York City, New York. (Adapted from Wikipedia. Retrieved 10/6/2015.)