Young Lions Fiction Award Nominees -- 2000

Mark Z. Danielewski, (House of Leaves)
Pantheon Books
This novel has its second life as a published work; it was first passed around as a bundle of paper or read in segments on the Internet to a growing audience. The eerie story of a family lost in a house on Ash Tree Lane is a national bestseller and Mr. Danielewski's literary debut.

David Ebershoff, (The Danish Girl)
Viking Publishers
The story of two artists who are husband and wife begins with a simple request and lets loose a flood of challenges to their marriage, careers, and social norms. Mr. Ebershoff is is the Publishing Director of The Modern Library (Random House) and lives in New York City.

Myla Goldberg, (Bee Season)
Doubleday
The underachiever in a gifted family begins winning spelling bees, upsetting the delicate balance of a household on the edge of upheaval. This is Ms. Goldberg's first novel. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Heidi Julavits, (The Mineral Palace)
G.P. Putnam's Sons
As a young mother and wife in Pueblo, Colorado in 1934, Bena Duse Johnssen must face dark truths and corruption in her town, and her own past. Ms. Julavits has published short fiction in Esquire, Zoetrope, and Story. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Akhil Sharma, (An Obedient Father)
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
A corrupt official in the Delhi school system lives with his secrets and guilt, from which he cannot escape. In order to protect his family and survive, he is thrust among gangsters and movie stars, into riots and morgues. Mr. Sharma's stories have appeared in several anthologies, The Atlantic  Monthly, The New Yorker, The Quarterly, and Fiction. He lives in Manhattan and is an investment banker.

Darin Strauss, (Chang and Eng)
Dutton
This is a fictional account of the lives of Chang and Eng, the world's most famous Siamese twins. Though joined as one, their two separate lives and spirits are explored as they rise from poverty to wealth, fame, and fatherhood. This is Mr. Strauss' first book. He has been a former nationally syndicated columnist, appearing  in GQ, Time Out, and numerous newspapers and literary journals.
 

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