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Michael Chabon is and American author, essayist, and editor. His works, beginning with The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, have met critical acclaim, and several have been adapted for film. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Literature for The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, and The Yiddish Policemen's Union received the 2008 Nebula Award.
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- Born: May 24, 1963
- Birthplace: Washington, D.C.
- Father: Robert Chabon
- Mother: Sharon Chabon
- MFA in Creative Writing: University of California, Irvine
- First Wife: Lollie Groth
- Second Wife: Ayelet Waldman
- Children: Sophie, Ezekiel, Ida-Rose, Abraham
- O. Henry Award, (1999)
- Nebula Award
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Works Adapted To Film
- Wonder Boys (2000)
- The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2008)
- The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (2009)
- The Yiddish Policemen's Union (2010)
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Official Site: MichaelChabon.com and Archive of Chabon's previous site
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Fan Site: The Amazing Website of Kavalier & Clay
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Powells.com: Michael Chabon interview
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McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Michael Chabon Profile and Articles
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Los Angeles Times: Book Review: The Yiddish Policemen's Union (2007)
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Amazon.com: The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
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Official Site: MichaelChabon.com and Archive of Chabon's previous site
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Michael Chabon on Twitter Powered by Twitter
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.@laurajlaura just accused me of having a Michael Chabon-er. What? #ilikehisbooks
@JakeM | November 09, 2009 04:42 AM -
Cool! RT @wreichard2: @trabernlaw Have you read The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon? Or Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem?
@trabernlaw | November 09, 2009 03:50 AM -
Back from LA today to find Michael Chabon's Manhood for Amateurs waiting for me on my porch.
@chris_ryall | November 09, 2009 02:39 AM -
@trabernlaw Have you read The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon? Or Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem?
@wreichard2 | November 09, 2009 02:24 AM -
has read The Yiddish Policemen's Union (P.S.) by Michael Chabon - http://bit.ly/Kp6GF
@loweeda | November 09, 2009 01:38 AM
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Michael Chabon on Amazon | View All
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Maps and Legends - $24.00
Michael Chabon's sparkling first book of nonfiction is a love song in 16 parts — a series of linked essays in praise of reading and writing, with subjects running from ghost stories to comic books, Sherlock Holmes to Cormac McCarthy. T...
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Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure - $14.00
Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, sprang from an early passion for the derring-do and larger-than-life heroes of classic comic books. Now, once more mining the rich past, Chabon s...
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The Final Solution: A Story of Detection (P.S.) - $12.95
Retired to the English countryside, an eighty-nine-year-old man, rumored to be a once-famous detective, is more concerned with his beekeeping than with his fellow man. Into his life wanders Linus Steinman, nine years old and mute, who has e...
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel (P.S.) - $15.95
For sixty years Jewish refugees and their descendants have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a "temporary" safe haven created in the wake of the Holocaust and the shocking 1948 collapse of the fledgling state of Israel. The Jews o...
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - $16.00
Winner of the Bay Area Book Reviewers' Award, New York Library Book Award Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, PEN/Faulkner Award, Los Angeles Times Book AwardJoe Kavalier, a young Jewish artist who has also been trained in ...
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View All Michael Chabon Questions (574) | Ask a QuestionIn Lost Season four, Michael can not die. Weapons malfunction around Michael and he recovers from any injury? (1 Answer)Because the island isn't done with him. Remember when he tries to kill himself in the alley and suddenly Tom appears? Tom tells him to go ahead and try, but ... read moreAre Michael Lombardi and Vince Lombardi related? (1 Answer)If they are related it is not a direct relation as Vince's kids are named Vince Jr. and Susan.And Michael doesn't mention any relation his website read moreHow did Michael Jackson impact music? (1 Answer)He was popular all over the world. Most of the people here in India, remembered him today hearing about his death and mourned. I have studied an interesting info about ... read more
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