Brian Evenson

Brian Evenson
Brian Evenson
Born	(1966-08-12) August 12, 1966 (age 58) Ames, Iowa, U.S.
Pen name	B. K. Evenson
Occupation	Novelist, professor
Education	Brigham Young University (BA) University of Washington (MA, PhD)
Genre	Literary fiction, popular fiction
Notable works	Father of Lies Last Days
Notable awards	Guggenheim Fellowship, 2017

Brian Evenson (born August 12, 1966) is an American academic and writer of both literary fiction and popular fiction, some of the latter being published under B. K. Evenson.^[1] His fiction is often described as literary minimalism, but also draws inspiration from horror, weird fiction, detective fiction, science fiction and continental philosophy. Evenson makes frequent use of dark humor and often features characters struggling with the limits and consequences of knowledge. He has also written non-fiction, and translated several books by French-language writers into English.

Since 2016 he has taught in the School of Critical Studies at the California Institute of the Arts, both in the Creative Writing MFA program and in the Aesthetics and Politics MA Program.