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Considered one of America's foremost contemporary writers, George Saunders has just published his first novel Lincoln in the Bardo to critical acclaim.
He has previously published four collections of short stories, a novella-length illustrated fable, the New York Times bestselling children's book The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip, a book of essays and two screenplays.
George Saunders will be appearing at the Auckland Writers Festival, from mid-May.
