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Naeem Murr
Naeem Murr’s first novel, The Boy, was a New York Times Notable Book of 1998, won a Lambda Literary Award, and was translated into six languages. He is also the author of The Genius of the Sea, and The Perfect Man, forthcoming in England in April 2006, and in America early in 2007. A recipient of numerous awards and scholarships for his writing, he has published a number of prize-winning stories, novellas and nonfiction pieces in literary journals. Born and brought up in London, he has lived in America since his early twenties, and currently resides in Chicago.