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Daniel Mason (born c. 1976) is an American novelist and physician. He is the author of The Piano Tuner,A Far Country and North Woods .

Biography

He was raised in Palo Alto, California, and received a BA in biology from Harvard University, later graduating from the UCSF School of Medicine. [1]

He wrote his first novel, The Piano Tuner (2002), while still a medical student. It was later the basis for a 2004 opera of the same name (composed by Nigel Osborne to a libretto by Amanda Holden). [2] Mason's second novel, A Far Country, was published in March 2007. [3] North Woods was published in 2023. His work has been published in 28 countries. [4] He is married to the novelist Sara Houghteling. [5] In May 2020, Mason was the recipient of the US$ 50,000 Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize. [6] In 2024 he received a PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award for North Woods.

Mason is a psychiatrist affiliated with Stanford Hospital, and teaches literature at Stanford University. [7]

North Woods was longlisted in 2025 for the International Dublin Literary Award. [8]

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References

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  2. "The Piano Tuner, Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House, London". The Independent. October 14, 2004. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  3. "Daniel Mason talks to Michelle Pauli". The Guardian. April 27, 2007. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  4. "Creative Writing Program  Daniel Mason Reading". Stanford University. November 2015. Archived from the original on June 11, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  5. Mason, Wyatt. "'If This Book Is Not Expressing Everything What Am I Doing with My Life'". The New York Times Magazine. September 12, 2018.
  6. Kosman, Joshia (May 12, 2020). "Bay Area author and psychiatrist Daniel Mason wins $50,000 Joyce Carol Oates Prize". San Francisco Chronicle .
  7. "Medicine and literature, mental health and history: A Q&A with psychiatrist-writer Daniel Mason". Scopeblog. Stanford Medicine. October 2, 2018.
  8. IGO (January 14, 2025). "North Woods". Dublin Literary Award. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  9. "Picador Shots  'Death of the Pugilist, or The Famous Battle of Jacob Burke & Blindman McGraw'". Pan Macmillan. Retrieved 2020-05-26.