Stewart O'Nan
American novelist and short-story writer whose prolific output spans war literature, ghost stories, and domestic realism. Snow Angels and A Prayer for the Dying are among his most celebrated works. He is an important and underappreciated presence in American literary fiction.
Works
- A Prayer for the DyingA dying undertaker reflects on faith, family, and meaning at life's end
- Snow AngelsA young woman's suicide shocks a small town, revealing hidden family secrets
- The Speed QueenA female death row inmate confesses her crimes and her desperate life story
- Songs for the MissingA family falls apart after a teenager vanishes from their Pennsylvania neighborhood
- Emily, AloneAn elderly woman reflects on her solitary life and the passage of time