The title novella of White People won the National Magazine Prize. He other honors include PEN/Fualkner Award finalist, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Southern Book Prize, and the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Allan Gurganus lives in a small town in North Carolina.
Elegant, mysterious and satisfying. -- <i>Los Angeles Times Book Review</i> Gurganus, a storyteller in the grand tradition...can tell his stories as well as anyone alive in our time. --<i>The New York Times Book Review</i> Ranging from family memoirs to historical pieces, from satire to surrealism, <b>White People</b> celebrates American culture in all its humanistic vibrancy and grotesque contradictions.Blending trenchant satire with outrageous humor, Gurganus's stories recall both Mark Twain and Flannery O'Connor. --<i>Chicago Tribune</i> Each story is a gem. --<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i>