David Means

David Means was born and raised in Michigan. He is the author of several short-story collections, including Instructions for a Funeral , The Spot (a New York Times notable book of the year), Assorted Fire Events (winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction), and The Secret Goldfish , and of the novel Hystopia (long-listed for the Man Booker Prize). His stories have appeared in The New Yorker , Harper's Magazine , The Best American Short Stories , The Best American Mystery Stories ,...See more

David Means was born and raised in Michigan. He is the author of several short-story collections, including Instructions for a Funeral , The Spot (a New York Times notable book of the year), Assorted Fire Events (winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction), and The Secret Goldfish , and of the novel Hystopia (long-listed for the Man Booker Prize). His stories have appeared in The New Yorker , Harper's Magazine , The Best American Short Stories , The Best American Mystery Stories , The O. Henry Prize Stories , and other publications. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2013, Means lives in Nyack, New York, and teaches at Vassar College. See less