- Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, vol. 138, pages 106-110. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
- After college, he moved to New York City to pursue filmmaking, a career in documentary work he continued alongside his fiction writing for the rest of his life.
- Grew up across Vermont, Kentucky, and Indiana before studying at Indiana University.
- American author whose novels earned him recognition as one of the most acclaimed fantasy writers of his generation,.
- Received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2006, and his short fiction and essays appeared regularly in publications including Harper's Magazine, where his "Easy Chair" column ran until 2016.
- In 1989 he and his wife Laurie Block founded Straight Ahead Pictures to produce media (film, video, radio and internet) on American history and culture.
- Taught at the Clarion West Writers' Workshop held annually in Seattle, Washington.
- Recipient of an Ingram Merrill Foundation grant.
- In 1992 he received the Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.
- From 1993 he taught creative writing at Yale University.
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