Adam Braver

Who is Adam Braver?

Adam Braver is an American author of historical fiction.

His first book was Mr. Lincoln's Wars, a novel told from thirteen different perspectives in order to illuminate Abraham Lincoln's inner life. Second was Divine Sarah, which fictionalizes actress Sarah Bernhardt's Farewell Tour of America. Crows Over the Wheatfield told the story of a renowned Van Gogh scholar struggling to deal with her guilt after she accidentally kills a young boy in a car accident. "November 22, 1963 is a fictionalization of the day of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. His most recent novel, "Misfit", focuses on the last weekend in the life of Marilyn Monroe.

Braver's books have been translated in France, Italy, Japan, and Turkey. His short stories have appeared in journals such as "Harvard Review," "Tin House," "Daedalus," "Ontario Review," "The Normal School," and "West Branch." His work has been anthologized in "The Lincoln Anthology", "Breakthrough", and "No Near Exit: Writers Select Their Favorite Work From Post Road Magazine". Additionally, he co-edited "The Madrid Conversations, a book-length interview with former Cuban dissident and prisoner of conscience, Normando Hernandez Gonzalez.