Author

Books by Junot Díaz

Junot Díaz was born in the Dominican Republic and emigrated to the United States as a child, growing up in New Jersey. He is the author of the story collection Drown (1996), the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007), and This Is How You Lose Her (2012), which was a finalist for the National Book Award. He teaches creative writing at MIT. His work is known for its Spanglish prose, its engagement with Dominican history and masculinity, and its refusal to let narrators off easily for the damage they cause.