Michael Cunningham

Michael Cunningham is an American novelist and screenwriter.
* He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1952 and grew up in Pasadena, California.
* He studied English literature at Stanford University and the University of Iowa.
* His first novel, A Home at the End of the World, was published in 1990.
* His second novel, Flesh and Blood, was published in 1995.
* His third novel, The Hours, was published in 1998 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award.
* He has also written a nonfiction book, Land's End: A Walk Through Provincetown.
* He is currently a senior lecturer in the English department at Yale University.
* He is known for his lyrical prose and his exploration of complex emotional themes.