T. Geronimo Johnson Named a Finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award in Fiction

johnson-geronimoT. Geronimo Johnson, a lecturer in creative writing at the University of California at Berkeley, has been selected as one of five finalists for the prestigious PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction. He also serves as director of the university’s Summer Creative Writing Program.

qJohnson is being honored for his debut novel, Hold It, ‘Til It Hurts (Coffee House Press, 2012), a story of two brothers who have returned to the United States after serving in the war in Afghanistan.

Johnson is a native of New Orleans. He holds a master’s degree in language, literacy, and culture from the University of California at Berkeley and a master of fine arts degree from the Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa.

The winner will be announced on March 19 and the award will be presented at the 33rd annual PEN/Faulkner Award ceremony at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington on May 4.

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