Andrew Sean Greer is the author of seven works of fiction. He has received numerous accolades, including the Stonewall Book Award and the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award. Greer is also a Guggenheim Fellow and has been awarded the Fernanda Pivano Award, California Book Award, and the New York Public Library Young Lions Award. His fellowships include those from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Public Library.