Andre Dubus III

BIOGRAPHY

Before finding his calling as a writer, Andre Dubus III worked for brief stints as a bounty hunter, private investigator, carpenter, bartender, actor and teacher. His first book, “The Cage Keeper and Other Stories,” was published in 1989, followed in 1993 by his first novel, “Bluesman.” For the next few years, he taught and did odd jobs as a carpenter while working on “House of Sand and Fog.”

“House of Sand and Fog” became a bestseller, an Oprah pick and a movie starring Ben Kingsley.

Dubus’ work was awarded a Pushcart Prize and the 1985 National Magazine Award for Fiction. It has also been cited in The One Hundred Most Distinguished Stories of 1993 and The Best American Short Stories of 1994. He was one of three finalists for the 1994 Prix de Rome given by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and “House of Sand and Fog” was a finalist for the 1999 National Book Award for Fiction.

Dubus' new novel, “The Garden of Last Days,” portrays the lives of an unexpected set of characters who collide in a Sarasota, Florida, strip club in September 2001.

Andre Dubus III is the son of Andre Dubus, a widely recognized master of short fiction who died in February 1999. He teaches writing at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. He lives in Newburyport, Massachusetts, with his wife, dancer/choreographer Fontaine Dollas, and their three children.