Jonathan Lethem Writer

Jonathan Allen Lethem (born February 19, 1964) is an American novelist, essayist and short story writer. His first novel, Gun, with Occasional Music, a genre work that mixed elements of science fiction and detective fiction, was published in 1994. It was followed by three more science fiction novels.In 1999, Lethem published Motherless Brooklyn, a National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novel that achieved mainstream success. In 2003, he published The Fortress of Solitude, which became a New York Times Best Seller. In 2005, he received a MacArthur Fellowship.

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Jonathan Lethem
Alias (AKA)Lethem Jonathan Allen (full name); Conklin Harry (pseudonym)
PseudonymHarry Conklin
Birth dateFebruary 19, 1964
Birth nameJonathan Allen Lethem
Birth place
Brooklyn , United States
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