Percival Everett
Percival Everett is an American author known for his genre-bending novels that often tackle complex themes of race, identity, and language. His novel 'James,' a reimagining of Mark Twain's 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' from the perspective of the enslaved character Jim, won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2024. Everett is also a recipient of the Kirkus Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for 'James.' He is a Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California.
Awards
['Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2025)', 'National Book Award for Fiction (2024)', 'Kirkus Prize (2024)', 'PEN/Jean Stein Book Award (2023)', 'Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction (2023)', 'Anisfield-Wolf Book Award', 'PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award', 'Academy Award in Literature from The American Academy of Arts and Letters', 'Dos Passos Prize (2010)', 'Believer Book Award (2010)', 'Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction', 'Guggenheim Fellowship in Fiction (2015)', 'National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Life Achievement Award', 'Time 100 list of Most Influential People of 2025']
Notable Works
['Erasure (2001)', 'I Am Not Sidney Poitier (2009)', 'The Trees (2021)', 'James (2024)', 'Telephone (2020)']
