VJ Books Presents Charles Baxter!
 Charles Baxter was born in Minneapolis and graduated from Macalester College, in Saint Paul. After completing graduate work in English at the State University of New York at Buffalo, he taught for several years at Wayne State University in Detroit. In 1989, he moved to the Department of English at the University of Michigan--Ann Arbor and its MFA program. He now teaches at the University of Minnesota.
Baxter is the author of 5 novels, 5 collections of short stories, 3 collections of poems, 2 collections of essays on fiction and is the editor of other works.
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Charles Baxter Bibliography
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First Light - 1987
- Shadow Play - 1993
- The Feast of Love - 2000
- Saul and Patsy - 2003
- The Soul Thief - 2008
Short Story and Essay Collections
- Harmony of the World - 1984
- Through The Safety Net - 1985
- Gryphon - 1985
- A Relative Stranger - 1990
- Believers - 1997
- Burning Down The House: Essays on Fiction - 1997
- Gryphon: New and Selected Stories - 2011
- There's Something I Want You to Do: Stories - 2015
Non-Fiction
- The Art of Subtext: Beyond Plot - 2007
Poetry
- Imaginary Paintings - 1989
- The South Dakota Guidebook - 1974
- Chameleon - 1970
Edited Works
- A William Maxwell Portrait: Memories and Appreciations - 2004
- Bringing the Devil to His Knees: The Craft of Fiction and the Writing Life - 2001
- Best New American Voices 2001 - 2001
- The Business of Memory - 1999
Charles Baxter Awards
- Associated Writing Programs Award
- Guggenheim Fellowship, 1985–86
- Arts Foundation of Michigan Award, 1991
- Lawrence Foundation Award, 1982, 1991
- Michigan Author of the Year Award, 1993
- Cohen Award for the best essay published in Ploughshares, 1994
- Daniel A. Pollack-Harvard Review award to Shadow Play, 1994
- Award in Literature, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1997
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