Junot Díaz

Junot Díaz is a highly acclaimed author, born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey. He is currently a creative writing professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and also serves as the fiction editor at Boston Review. Díaz's work is widely recognized for its excellence, as he has received numerous prestigious awards for his writing.

Díaz has written several critically acclaimed pieces, including the highly acclaimed collection of short stories, Drown, as well as the novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. His work has also been featured on the New York Times bestseller list, and he has been honored with a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship, PEN/Malamud Award, Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, and PEN/O. Henry Award.

In addition to his accomplishments as an author, Díaz is also an accomplished educator. He earned his undergraduate degree from Rutgers College, and now serves as the Rudge and Nancy Allen Professor of Writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His work as a professor and fiction editor allows him to give back to the literary community and help shape the next generation of writers.