Daniel Mason
American novelist
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Daniel Mason (born c. 1976) is an American novelist and physician. He is the author of The Piano Tuner, A Far Country and North Woods.
Daniel Mason | |
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Accepting a Northern California Book Award at the San Francisco Public Library in 2019 | |
| Born | c. 1976 |
| Education | |
| Occupations | Writer, physician |
Biography
He was raised in Palo Alto, California, and received a BA in biology from Harvard University, later graduating from the UCSF School of Medicine.[1]
He wrote his first novel, The Piano Tuner (2002), while still a medical student. It was later the basis for a 2004 opera of the same name (composed by Nigel Osborne to a libretto by Amanda Holden).[2] Mason's second novel, A Far Country, was published in March 2007.[3] North Woods was published in 2023. His work has been published in 28 countries.[4] He is married to the novelist Sara Houghteling.[5] In May 2020, Mason was the recipient of the US$50,000 Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize.[6] In 2024 he received a PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award for North Woods.
Mason is a psychiatrist affiliated with Stanford Hospital, and teaches literature at Stanford University.[7]
North Woods was longlisted in 2025 for the International Dublin Literary Award.[8]
Books
- The Piano Tuner (2002)
- A Far Country (2007)
- Death of the Pugilist, or The Famous Battle of Jacob Burke & Blindman McGraw (2008)[9]
- The Winter Soldier (2018)
- A Registry of My Passage upon the Earth (2020)
- North Woods (2023)
