The Fortunes (Davies) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—August 30, 1966
• Where—Coventry, England, UK
• Education—B.A. Cambridge University; M.A. Boston University
• Awards—(see below)
• Currently—lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Peter Ho Davies is an author and professor of creative writing. He was born in Coventry, England, to a Welsh father and Chinese mother. He has lived more than half his life in the United States. He is perhaps best known for his novels, The Welsh Girl (2007) and The Fortunes (2016), although his two earlier collections of short fiction are highly regarded.

Davies started out studying physics at Manchester University but later switched to English at Cambridge University. In 1992 he moved to the US to study in the graduate creative writing program at Boston University, where he received his M.A. Since then he has taught at the University of Oregon, Emory University, and is currently a Professor in the graduate program for Creative Writing at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Works and awards
His debut collection, The Ugliest House in the World (1997), won the John Llewellyn Rhys and PEN/Macmillan awards in Britain. His second collection, Equal Love (2000), was hailed by the New York Times Book Review for its “stories as deep and clear as myth.” The collection was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and a New York Times Notable Book.

Davies is also a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, and is a winner of the PEN/Malamud Award.

In 2003 Davies was named among the Best of Young British Novelists by Granta. The Welsh Girl, his first novel, was published in 2007 and his second, The Fortunes, in 2016. (Adapted from the publisher and Wikipedia. Retrieved 9/28/2016.)