George Saunders (born December 2, 1958) is an acclaimed American writer of short stories. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker , Harper's , and GQ , among others. He also contributes a weekly column, American Psyche, to the weekend magazine of The Guardian's Saturday edition. Currently a professor at Syracuse University, he won the National Magazine Award for fiction in 1994, 1996, 2000, and 2004 and second prize in the O. Henry Awards in 1997.
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