Grant Ginder | |
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Born | 1982 or 1983 (age 40–41) |
Occupation | Novelist |
Education |
University of Pennsylvania (
BA) New York University ( MFA) |
Period | 2009–present |
Website | |
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Grant Ginder (born 1982/1983) [1] is an American novelist, academic, and former political aide.
Ginder grew up in Laguna Beach, California. [2] He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Fine Arts from New York University. At the latter, Ginder studied under novelists Junot Diaz and Colson Whitehead. [3]
While in college, Ginder worked as an intern in the offices of U.S. Representative Loretta Sanchez. [4] Upon completing his education, Ginder served as a speechwriter for John Podesta at the Center for American Progress. [5] In 2009, he published his first novel, This is How it Starts, a story of young government employees and interns working in Washington, D.C. Politico called the novel an examination of Washington's "power elite" -- "sharply observed" and "packed with sly humor."
In 2013, Ginder published the novel Driver's Education. In a starred review, the industry publication Booklist called the book, "lively, funny, gritty, and achingly real," comparing Ginder to novelists Junot Diaz and Michael Chabon. [6] In The Boston Globe, critic Karen Campbell called the work "engaging, colorful, direct, and imaginative," and "a stirring, memorable trip." [7] The New Yorker magazine called the work "a sensitively observed story," about "lessons that bear repeating." [8] As of 2020 [update], Ginder lives in Brooklyn, and teaches writing at New York University, his alma mater. [9]