Fiction. In his collection of short stories, CATCHING THE BULLET, Daniel Hawks explores the realms of "the ordinary" with extraordinary aptness. "Is elegant the right term for a world of fold-up baby strollers, big-time wrestling, and misplaced pants? These stories trace the awkward surfaces and clarify depths in parenthood, working life, and love. They move with the assurance of a long forward pass, soaring and dropping right on target, its trajectory graceful and exact"--Don Bogen.

Author Hometown: BERKELEY, CA USA



About the author: Daniel Hawkes, author of CATCHING THE BULLET AND OTHER STORIES (Scarlet Tanager, 2000), received his M.A. in English from the University of California, Berkeley, and his Ph.D. from Rutgers University. He has taught English at Rutgers and the University of California, Los Angeles. Now living in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he grew up, he is currently a science and technical writer/editor at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.