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Silas Dwane House [3] (born August 7, 1971) is an American writer best known for his novels. He is also a music journalist, environmental activist, and columnist. His fiction is known for its attention to the natural world, working-class characters, and the plight of the rural place and rural people.
Silas House is the New York Times bestselling author of seven novels, including his most recent, Lark Ascending, which was a Booklist Editors' Choice and is the winner of the 2023 Southern Book Prize and the 2023 Nautilus Book Award.
USA Today Bestseller. A Booklist Editors' Choice. Winner-2023 Southern Book Prize. Winner-2023 Nautilus Book Award. Salon 's Favorite Books of the Year. Garden and Gun 's Best Books of the year. Top Ten Indie Bookseller Recommendation. Salvation South's Book of the Year.
Jul 31, 2017 · “This is probably the gayborhood of Berea,” grins Silas House, pointing to the Pride flags billowing from front porches on a tiny street in this small Kentucky college town. Arguably the most prolific gay novelist in Appalachia, House was born and raised in nearby Laurel County.
In Lark Ascending, a luminous work of climate fiction, Silas House forges hope and seeks beauty from grief over the climate crisis and those lost to it.
Silas House has 34 books on Goodreads with 92808 ratings. Silas House’s most popular book is Southernmost.
Dec 27, 2021 · Silas House is the nationally bestselling author of six novels--Clay's Quilt, 2001; A Parchment of Leaves, 2003; The Coal Tattoo, 2005; Eli the Good, 2009; Same Sun Here (co-authored with Neela Vaswani) 2012; Southernmost (2018), as well as a book of creative nonfiction, Something's Rising, co-authored with Jason Howard, 2009; and three plays.