Michael Chabon

Michael Chabon (born 1963) grew up in Columbia, Maryland, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He burst onto the literary scene at age twenty-four with The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (1988), written as his master's thesis at the University of California, Irvine. His second novel, Wonder Boys (1995), cemented his reputation and was adapted into a film starring Michael Douglas. Throughout his career, Chabon has championed the integration of genre fiction with literary ambition, arguing against the artificial boundaries between entertainment and art. This author hub collects 1 work in the Canon Compass ranking, led by The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.