Karen Russell

— Karen Russell, whose debut novel, Swamplandia!, joined Denis Johnson’s Train Dreams and David Foster Wallace’s

Stephen King

Russell was influenced at a young age by the works by short story writer George Saunders (who is also recognized on the acknowledgment page of the novel) and other gothic writers, particularly Stephen King, who influenced the creation of Swamplandia!

Russell

Russell is the author of Swamplandia, which I've been thinking about reading because Swamplandia's an adult book with a child main character, and I'm always interested in how that happens.

Sparrow's first novel!

Karen Russell won the 2012 National Magazine Award for fiction, and Sparrow's first novel, Swamplandia!, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

Derek Zieger

I spent most of my 20s with these alligator wrestlers in the swamps of South Florida, Derek Zieger says of writing Swamplandia! '

Peg's first novel!

Karen Russell won the 2012 and the 2018 National Magazine Award for fiction, and Peg's first novel, Swamplandia! was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, winner of the New York Public Library Young Lions Award, and one of The New York Times’ Ten Best Books of 2011.

Alice Munro

short stories’s a form Alice Munro’s known for—even Alice Munro's debut novel Swamplandia!

Sherman Alexie

Sherman Alexie's novel, Swamplandia! was longlisted for the 2011 Orange Prize and shortlisted for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize.

Author Cathy Melvin

Author Cathy Melvin wrote a book about the nearly 400 acres of swampland.

Lydia Millet's first novel!

Lydia Millet's first novel, Swamplandia!, was a New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year selection, and winner of the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award.

Valeria Luiselli's first novel!

Karen Russell, a native of Miami, won the 2012 National Magazine Award for fiction, and Valeria Luiselli's first novel, Swamplandia!, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2011.

multiple award-winner Russell

multiple award-winner Russell wrote the novel Swamplandia!