My Summer on Earth

New York: Simon Pulse [Simon and Schuster], 2008. First Edition, a trade softcover original. Association Copy, humorously INSCRIBED on the half-title page to author Chris Offutt: "Chris / Thanks for teaching me how to write dialogue, and for helping me to convert to Scientology / You's the man! / Cheers / TL."

Offutt is the author of “Kentucky Straight” and other short story collections, novels, nonfiction, and memoirs. In 1996, he was named one of the twenty Best Young American Novelists by “Granta” magazine. He has also written for popular television shows and national publications, has been visiting faculty at numerous institutions including the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, and has received awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and others.

Fine and unread in perfect-bound wrappers.

[Book #163284]