Reif Larsen
Reif Larsen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1980 (age 45–46) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Alma mater | Milton Academy Brown University Columbia University |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Notable works | The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet |
Reif Larsen (born 1980) is an American author, known for The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet, for which Vanity Fair claimed Larsen received just under a million dollars as an advance from Penguin Press following a bidding war between ten publishing houses.[1][2]
Life
[edit | edit source]Larsen was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Both his parents were artists.[3] He graduated from Milton Academy in 1998 and then went on to Brown University and Columbia University. He holds an M.F.A in fiction. He has also made films in the United States, the United Kingdom and the sub-Saharan desert.[citation needed] He currently is living in New York.[citation needed]
Works
[edit | edit source]Larsen's debut novel, The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet, was adapted into a 2013 film entitled The Young and Prodigious T. S. Spivet by director Jean-Pierre Jeunet.[4] His second novel, I Am Radar, appeared in 2015. Like Larsen's debut, the book is an example of ergodic literature, including diagrams and footnotes within the text. He has also authored two children's books.
Style
[edit | edit source]Larsen has cited Mark Danielewski, W.G. Sebald and Gabriel García Márquez as influences. Larsen's work incorporates illustrations, diagrams, and footnotes within the text.[5]
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet (2009)
- I Am Radar (2015)
- The Path (children's book, 2021)
- Una Wimple Charts Her House (children's book, 2021)
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External links
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