Adam Wilson is the author of four books: the novel SENSATION MACHINES (Soho 2020), the novel FLATSCREEN (Harper Perennial 2012) the collection of short stories WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS FEELING (Harper Perennial 2014), and the forthcoming novel FAIL SONS (Soho 2026).
His fiction or is forthcoming has appeared in The Paris Review, McSweeney’s, Tin House, VICE, BOMB, The Kenyon Review, The Literary Review, Electric Literature's Recommended Reading, The New York Tyrant, and The Best American Short Stories, among many other publications. His essays, journalism and criticism have appeared or are forthcoming in Harper’s, The New Yorker, The Believer, The Nation, The Baffler, The New York Times Book Review, Bookforum, The New Republic, Tin House, NPR, 4 Columns, Air Mail, and elsewhere.
He is a National Jewish Book Award Finalist, and has received grants and fellowships from The James Merrill Foundation, Aspen Words, and the Arteles Creative Center in Haukijärvi, Finland. In 2012, he received the Terry Southern Prize, which recognizes "wit, panache, and sprezzatura" in work published by The Paris Review.
He is the co-writer, along with Justin Taylor, of the forthcoming feature film The Last Days of Basic Cable.
For the past thirteen years, he has taught creative writing at Columbia University. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and their two sons.
