Chris Adrian, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Chris Adrian

Author, physician

Date of Birth: 07-Nov-1970

Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Profession: physician writer, novelist, oncologist, medical writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Chris Adrian (born 1970) is an American author.
Adrian's writing styles in short stories vary greatly; from modernist realism to pronounced lyrical allegory.
His novels both tend toward surrealism, having mostly realistic characters experience fantastic circumstances.
He has written three novels: Gob's Grief, The Children's Hospital, and The Great Night.
In 2008, he published A Better Angel, a collection of short stories.
His short fiction has also appeared in The Paris Review, Zoetrope, Ploughshares, McSweeney's, The New Yorker, The Best American Short Stories, and Story.
He was one of 11 fiction writers to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2009.
He lives in San Francisco.