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  • Bibliography:
    10 Books
  • First Book:
    October 1998
  • Latest Book:
    April 2021
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Book List in Order: 10 titles



  • From “the lineage of . . . Flannery O’Connor and Eudora Welty” comes a prize-winning novel about crimes of passion in Alabama (San Francisco Chronicle).   After the deaths of his parents, Simon Bell returns to his sleepy hom...



  • A collection of ten deeply insightful stories captures with psychological insight the pathos and small triumphs of everyday life, with its fumbling attempts at deeper human relations, disappointments, and moments of grace. Original....



  • This new collection from Michael Knight -- PEN/Hemingway citation recipient and B&N Discover Award finalist whom Esquire praises as "a writer of the first rank” -- thrills and pierces with stories of men and women of breathtaking conviction, pat...



  • A Los Angeles Times Notable Book: Short fiction by the author of Eveningland, “a writer of the first rank” (Esquire).   “These 10 distinctive and intensely affecting stories confirm Knight as a writer of significant gifts. In short narrati...



  • “Truman Capote, Charles Dickens, Dylan Thomas all used Christmas . . . The Holiday Season joins this crowded table and . . . makes itself at home” (The New York Times Book Review).   Hilarious and heartbrea...



  • Written with the stunning economy of language for which Michael Knight’s work has always been praised, The Typist is a rich and powerful work of historical fiction that expertly chronicles both the politics of the Pacific theater of World War II, a...



  • Long considered a master of the form and an essential voice in American fiction, Michael Knight’s stories have been lauded by writers such Ann Patchett, Elizabeth Gilbert, Barry Hannah, and Richard Bausch. Now, with EVENINGLAND he returns to the fo...



  • The award-winning author of Eveningland “combines a coming-of-age tale, a ghost story and a meditation on history in his engrossing latest novel” (Minneapolis Star Tribune).    It’s 1994 and Lenore Littlefield is a junior at Bria...







Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Michael Knight has published 10 books.

Michael Knight does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Short Tales, was published in April 2021.

The first book by Michael Knight, Divining Rod, was published in October 1998.

No. Michael Knight does not write books in series.