David Ebershoff is an American-born writer, editor, and teacher. Born in Pasadena, California, he is a graduate of Brown University and the University of Chicago, and studied at Keio University in Tokyo. Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... Brown University is a private university located in Providence, Rhode Island. ... The University of Chicago is a private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. ... Keio University ) is the top private university in Japan, which has a history as Japans very first private institution of higher learning, which dates back to the formation of a school for Dutch studies in 1858 in Edo (now Tokyo) by founder Yukichi Fukuzawa. ...

He published his first novel, The Danish Girl, in 2000. It is based on the life of Lili Elbe, the first person to undergo sex reassignment surgery. The novel is being developed for the screen by producer Gail Mutrux ("Kinsey"). It won the Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Lambda Literary Award. It was also a finalist for the New York Public Library's Young Lions Award and an American Library Association Award and was a New York Times Notable book. He published his first collection of short stories, The Rose City, in 2001. It won the Ferro-Grumley Award, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, and was named one of the best books of the year by the Los Angeles Times. His second novel, Pasadena, was published in 2002 and was a New York Times bestseller. His fiction has been translated into a dozen languages and published around the world to critical acclaim. Lili Elbe (1886 - 1931) was the first known recipient of sexual reassignment surgery. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

His third novel, The 19th Wife, will be published in August, 2008. The novel is about Brigham Young's final wife, Ann Eliza Young, as well as polygamy in the United States today. A lithograph of Ann Eliza Young sometime between 1869 and 1875 Ann Eliza Young (née Webb) (1844 - 1908?) was one of Brigham Youngs many wives and later a critic of polygamy and a U.S. Mormon dissident. ...

Ebershoff is editor-at-large at Random House, where he edits a wide range of writers including Norman Mailer, David Mitchell, Nobel Peace Prize-winner Shirin Ebadi, Bernard Lewis, journalist Azadeh Moaveni, and historian Hugh Thomas. Ebershoff was Jane Jacobs's editor on her final two books. Working with Truman Capote's estate, he oversees all Capote publications for Random House, and was the editor of The Complete Stories of Truman Capote, Summer Crossing, and Portraits and Observations. He was formerly the publishing director of Random House's classics imprint, the Modern Library. Random House is a publishing division of the German media conglomerate Bertelsmann based in New York City. ... Norman Mailer, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Norman Kingsley Mailer (born January 31, 1923) is an American novelist, journalist, playwright, screenwriter and film director. ... David Mitchell in Poland, Warsaw, April 7, 2006 David Mitchell (born January, 1969) is an English novelist. ... Image:Shirin Ebade Ngs Tunis. ... Azadeh Moaveni (Persian: آزاده معاونى , born 1976 in Palo Alto) is an Iranian-American journalist and writer. ... Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton (born October 21, 1931 in Windsor), is a British historian. ... Jane Jacobs Jane Jacobs, OC, O.Ont (May 4, 1916 – April 25, 2006) was an American-born Canadian urbanist, writer and activist. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Ebershoff has taught writing at NYU and Princeton, and currently teaches literature in the MFA program at Columbia University. He lives in New York City. Columbia University is a private research university in the United States. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

External links

• Official webesite
• The 19th Wife webpage