T COOPER is the author of the novels Lipshitz Six, or Two Angry Blondes (Plume paperback, 2007; Dutton hardcover, 2006), and Some of the Parts (Akashic Books, 2002), as well as co-editor of an anthology of original stories entitled A Fictional History of the United States With Huge Chunks Missing (Akashic, 2006). His most recent book is a graphic novel entitled The Beaufort Diaries (Melville House, 2010; German edition here.) * * * * * * * * * * T Cooper was born and raised in Los Angeles, attended Middlebury College in Vermont, and then taught high school English in New Orleans before immigrating to New York City in 1996. T earned an MFA from Columbia University in 2001, and in addition to his novels, T's work has appeared in a variety of publications and anthologies, including The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Believer, One Story and Out, among many others. T has been awarded residencies to The MacDowell Colony, Ledig House International, and The Millay Colony (where he was The New York Times Foundation Fellow for 2008). T won the NewNowNext Award in 2008, and in 2004, he was a finalist for the Koret Young Writer on Jewish Themes Award, as well as Writer-in-Residence at The Bronx Academy of Letters. T was a visiting faculty member at Middlebury College during Winter Term 2009, and his short story "Swimming" was one of "100 Distinguished Stories of 2007" in The Best American Short Stories 2008 (ed. Salman Rushdie). T enjoys Dolly Parton, planes, and pit bulls (among a bunch of other things), and lives in New York with his family. Click for ALTERNATE BIO Click for NEWS (Author portrait with Norman the sock monkey by Vinay Ganapathy) (Author photo: Allison Glock-Cooper)