About the Author
Jacob M. Appel, M.D., a practicing psychiatrist, is the author of two literary novels, six short story collections, an essay collection, a cozy mystery, and a forthcoming thriller. His first novel, The Man Who Wouldn’t Stand Up, won the 2012 Dundee International Book Award, his story collection Scouting for the Reaper won the Hudson Prize, and his essay collection Phoning Home won the Eric Hoffer Book Award. Other collections include Einstein’s Beach House, Miracles and Conundrums of the Secondary Planets, The Magic Laundry, Coulrophobia & Fata Morgana, and The Topless Widow of Herkimer Street. Four collections received starred reviews from Kirkus.
Both Scouting for the Reaper and Miracles and Conundrums were on Small Press Distribution’s bestseller list for over a year. Jacob’s short fiction has appeared in more than 200 literary journals.
First singled out for the Faulkner Society by Stuart Dybeck, Jacob has won the gold medal in the Faulkner-Wisdom Competition in four categories: short story, essay, novella and, now, novel—making him the only author to receive four gold medals. His prose and plays have won numerous other awards.