Brian Evenson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Brian Evenson

American writer

Date of Birth: 12-Aug-1966

Place of Birth: Ames, Iowa, United States

Profession: novelist, science fiction writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Brian Evenson (born August 12, 1966) is an American academic and writer of both literary fiction and popular fiction, some of the latter being published under B.K.
Evenson.
His fiction is often described as literary minimalism, but also draws inspiration from horror, weird fiction, detective fiction, science fiction and continental philosophy.
Evenson makes frequent use of dark humor and often features characters struggling with the limits and consequences of knowledge.
He has also written non-fiction, and translated several books by French-language writers into English. Since 2016 he has taught in the School of Critical Studies at the California Institute of the Arts, both in the Creative Writing MFA program and in the Aesthetics and Politics MA Program.