Author · born 1969
Colson Whitehead
Colson Whitehead is an American novelist (born 1969). Born in New York City.
Our catalogue lists 2 books by Colson Whitehead, mostly horror and alternate history. They span 1999 to 2011. The most-read is Zone One (2011).
Books by Colson Whitehead
Zone One
Colson Whitehead, Mireia Carol Gres
The Intuitionist
Colson Whitehead
Awards
- ✦Locus Awards 2017 — Best Science Fiction Novel, The Underground Railroad (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2012 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Zone One (nominee)
- 🏆Arthur C. Clarke Award 2017 — Overall, The Underground Railroad (winner)
Biography
Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead (born November 6, 1969) is an American novelist. His works include his 1999 debut *The Intuitionist*; *The Underground Railroad* (2016), for which he won the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; and *The Nickel Boys*, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction again in 2020, making him one of only four writers ever to win the prize twice. He has also published two books of nonfiction. In 2002, he received a MacArthur Fellowship. **Source**: [Colson Whitehead](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colson_Whitehead) on Wikipedia.