Jonathan Lethem

Jonathan Lethem
Lethem at the 2023 Texas Book Festival
Born	Jonathan Allen Lethem (1964-02-19) February 19, 1964 (age 61) New York City, U.S.
Pen name	Harry Conklin
Occupation	Novelist essayist short story writer
Period	1989–present
Notable works	Motherless Brooklyn (1999) The Fortress of Solitude (2003)
Notable awards	National Book Critics Circle Award, World Fantasy Award
Spouse	Shelley Jackson (1987–1997) Julia Rosenberg (2000–2002) Amy Barrett
Children	2
Website
www.jonathanlethem.com

Jonathan Allen Lethem (/ˈliːθəm/;^[1] born February 19, 1964) is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. His first novel, Gun, with Occasional Music, a genre work that mixed elements of science fiction and detective fiction, was published in 1994. In 1999, Lethem published Motherless Brooklyn, a National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novel that achieved mainstream success. In 2003, he published The Fortress of Solitude, which became a New York Times Best Seller. In 2005, he received a MacArthur Fellowship. Since 2011, he has taught creative writing at Pomona College.