Kent Haruf is an award-winning literary fiction novelist from Pueblo, Colorado. After graduating from high school, he went to Nebraska Wesleyan University from where he graduated with a BA in literature. He then spent two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Turkey, which is where he started writing fiction. Aspiring to become a professional author, Haruf moved with his family to Iowa City where he got his master’s in creative Fiction from the University of Iowa Writers Workshop.
Books in order of publication:
Plainsong Books
Plainsong | (1999) | |
Eventide | (2004) | |
Benediction | (2013) |
Standalone Novels
The Tie That Binds | (1984) | |
Where You Once Belonged | (1990) | |
Our Souls at Night | (2015) |