Stephen Cooper
Stephen Cooper received his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of California, Irvine, and his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. Among his honors are an NEA Creative Writing Fellowship in Fiction and the Distinguished Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activities Award at California State University, Long Beach. He discovered and edited the manuscript of John Fante's last book, The Big Hunger: Stories 1932-1959, and is also a co-editor of John Fante: A Critical Gathering.
Stephen Cooper received his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of California, Irvine, and his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. Among his honors are an NEA Creative Writing Fellowship in Fiction and the Distinguished Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activities Award at California State University, Long Beach. He discovered and edited the manuscript of John Fante's last book, The Big Hunger: Stories 1932-1959, and is also a co-editor of John Fante: A Critical Gathering. See less
