Daniel Gumbiner‘s first book The Boatbuilder, was nominated for the National Book Award and a finalist for the California Book Awards. His new novel, Fire in the Canyon, was a finalist for the California Book Awards and was also named a New Yorker Best Book of the Year. He is the Editor of The Believer, a literary arts and culture magazine based in San Francisco, CA. He will teach two courses at the Institute of American Studies — a course on creative writing as part of the faculty-related key qualifications of the Faculty of Philology and a literature seminar as part of the M.A. American Studies programme.

We are thrilled to welcome Daniel soon in Leipzig!