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Nickolas ButlerAboutWorkNewsContactStoreGodspeedAvailableJulyOrder NowOrderNowEau Claire, Wisc.Established 1979Bestselling Author of The Hearts of Men and Shotgun LovesongsHitting shelvesJuly 2021OrderAboutNickolas Butler was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, raised in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and educated at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Iowa Writer’s Workshop. His first novel was the internationally best-selling and prize-winning Shotgun Lovesongs, which has been optioned for film development and has been translated into ten languages. Beneath the Bonfire, a collection of short stories, followed a year later. In 2017, he published The Hearts of Men which was short-listed for two of France’s most prestigious literary prizes even before its American publishing. In 2019, his fourth book, Little Faith was published, and he is already at work on another novel, this one set in the mountains of the American West. Butler is the recipient of many literary prizes and commendations and has published articles, reviews, short stories, and poetry in publications such as: Ploughshares, Narrative, and The New York Times Book Review, to name a few. Prior to publishing Shotgun Lovesongs, Butler worked a long list of jobs including: coffee roaster, liquor store clerk, office manager, hot-dog vendor, author escort, meat-packer, bed-and-breakfast manager, telemarketer, and Burger King maintenance man. He is married and lives with his wife and two children on sixteen acres of land adjacent to a buffalo farm in rural Wisconsin.Awards2020 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awad, Winner2018 Friends of American Writers Literary Award2016 Prix Medicis Estranger (short-listed)2016 Prix Femina (short-listed)2015 Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award2015 UW-Whitewater Chancellor's Regional Literary Award2014 PAGE Prix America2014 Great Lakes Great Reads Award2014 Midwest Independent Booksellers Award2014 Flaherty Dunnan Award for First Novel (long-listed)2014 FNAC Prix (short-listed)WorkShort StoriesUnderneath the BonfireNarrative MagazineLeftoversNarrative MagazineThe Chainsaw SoireeThe Kenyon ReviewPoetryTwenty or ThirtySixth FinchFor Samuel MockbeeTerrain.orgFirst Unitarian Society of Madison, Wisconsin(with audio), Madison MagazineContradance in a Good Square or CircleThe New Verse NewsNon-FictionReview of Leif Enger's "Virgil Wander"New York Times Book ReviewDeath of a MailboxEssay for "Wisconsin Life" WPR ProgramSweet Dreams of DenimVolumeOneNewsA Starred Review from "Publisher's Weekly"Starred Review of "Little Faith"A Starred Review from "Library Journal"Starred Review of "Little Faith"Rave New York Times ReviewRave Review in "The New York Times" for "The Hearts of Men"New York Times Book ReviewAmazing video by Brent McDonaldNew York TimesJanet Maslin's Fantastic Review of "Shotgun Lovesongs"New York Times Book ReviewJonathan Evison Reviews "Shotgun Lovesongs"ContactLiterary AgentRob McQuilkin, Massie McQuilkin212.352.2055 \ [email protected] Grinch, Associate Director of Publicity, Putnam Books212.366.2574 \ [email protected] & TV RightsJudi Farkas, Judi Farkas Management323.939.9880 \ [email protected] Club Visits, Workshops, & Further InquiriesNickolas [email protected] SignupSign up to get periodic email updates regarding news, events, and new works.