Grant Ginder (born 1982/1983)Chris Rovzar, "Grant Ginder Will Drink Whatever Is on Top of the Fridge," New York Magazine, June 3, 2009. is an American novelist, academic, and former political aide.
Background and education Ginder grew up in Laguna Beach, California.Peter Larsen, "Author from O.C. hits the road with 'Driver's Education: A Novel,'" The Orange Country Register, January 18, 2013. 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 Díaz and Colson Whitehead.Chris Rozvar, "Grant Ginder on His New Novel, Driver’s Education, the Value of an M.F.A., and Writing an Immortal Cat Named Mrs. Dalloway," Vanity Fair, January 8, 2013.
Career While in college, Ginder worked as an intern in the offices of U.S. Representative Loretta Sanchez.Washington Examiner, "Pick and Roll: A Brief Peak Behind TMZ's Curtain," March 4, 2008. Upon completing his education, Ginder served as a speechwriter for John Podesta at the Center for American Progress.Andie Collier, "John Podesta speechwriter tries his hand at fiction," Politico, May 5, 2009. 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 Díaz and Michael Chabon.Booklist, Driver's Education, November 1, 2012. In The Boston Globe, critic Karen Campbell called the work "engaging, colorful, direct, and imaginative," and "a stirring, memorable trip."Karen Campbell, "‘Driver’s Education’ by Grant Ginder," The Boston Globe, January 7, 2013. The New Yorker called the work "a sensitively observed story," about "lessons that bear repeating."The New Yorker, "Driver's Education," March 4, 2013. , Ginder lives in Brooklyn, and teaches writing at New York University, his alma mater.
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