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| 1937- Noted essayist, short story author and novelist was born in Chicago and grew up in Rogers Park. He then attended the University of Chicago and is now a prominent member of the literature faculty at Northwestern University. Perennially included in the Best American Essays, Epstein edited the series in 1993. He also edited the Norton Book of Personal Essays (1997). He spent many years (1975-1997) as the editor of American Scholar Magazine published by the Phi Beta Kappa society. He contributed essays in each issue under the moniker Aristides. Additionally, he has published several collections of essays and is a regular contributor to Commentary, The New Yorker, Harper's, New Republic, New York Review of Books and The Weekly Standard. His story collection, GoldIn Boys won the title of "Notable Book of the Year" from the New York Times Review of Books in 1992. He is a teacher in the acclaimed Creative Writing Program at Northwestern University where he has taught classes in advanced prose, writing fiction, as well as literature classes on Henry James, Willa Cather, and Joseph Conrad. In addition, he is a Trustee of The Hudson Institute, a think tank focusing on social science issues. As if that weren't enough, he won the 1998 Harold Washington Literary Award for the most prominent man or women of letters in Chicago. Perhaps one of the cleverest writers of our times, Epstein specializes in the personal or familiar essay. His insightful and penetrating observations and wry prose combine to make him one of the most enjoyable contemporary authors. He has also written short fiction, as well as a number of works of literary criticism. Works:
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