Jonathan Escoffery

Escoffery was born in Houston, Texas, to Jamaican parents and grew up in Miami, Florida.{{cite web |last1=Dwyer |first1=Kate |date=2022-09-04 |title=Jonathan Escoffery Has a Reality He'd Like to Share |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/04/books/jonathan-escoffery-if-i-survive-you.html |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=The New York Times |archive-date=2023-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801095404/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/04/books/jonathan-escoffery-if-i-survive-you.html |url-status=live }} Escoffery graduated from Florida International University and received a Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Minnesota.{{Cite web |title=Jonathan Escoffery |url=https://www.nationalbook.org/people/jonathan-escoffery/ |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=National Book Foundation |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529144919/https://www.nationalbook.org/people/jonathan-escoffery/ |url-status=live }} As of 2022, he was a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Southern California and was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University.

Escoffery has cited Sandra Cisneros, Langston Hughes, and Nella Larsen as literary influences. He worked as the program coordinator for the writing center Grubstreet in Boston, where he started the Boston Writers of Color group. His short story "Under the Ackee Tree", which was published in The Paris Review, was awarded the Plimpton Prize.{{cite web |last1=Review |first1=The Paris |title=Jonathan Escoffery Wins Plimpton Prize; Leigh Newman Wins Terry Southern Prize |url=https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/03/05/jonathan-escoffery-wins-plimpton-prize-leigh-newman-wins-terry-southern-prize/ |website=The Paris Review |language=en |date=5 March 2020 |access-date=20 October 2023 |archive-date=28 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628122417/https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/03/05/jonathan-escoffery-wins-plimpton-prize-leigh-newman-wins-terry-southern-prize/ |url-status=live }}

In 2020, Escoffery received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.{{Cite web |title=Jonathan Escoffery |url=https://www.arts.gov/impact/literary-arts/creative-writing-fellows/jonathan-escoffery |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=National Endowment for the Arts |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021040432/https://www.arts.gov/impact/literary-arts/creative-writing-fellows/jonathan-escoffery |url-status=live }}

In September 2022, If I Survive You was the Belletrist Book Club pick.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-09-07 |title=Book Club Picks for September 2022 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/90251-book-club-picks-for-september-2022.html |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=Publishers Weekly |language=en |archive-date=2022-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930230650/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/90251-book-club-picks-for-september-2022.html/ |url-status=live }} Booklist included it on their 2022 "Booklist Editors' Choice list for adult books",{{Cite web |date=2022-12-01 |title=Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books, 2022 |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=9772316 |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=Booklist |archive-date=2023-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830102141/https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=9772316 |url-status=live }} as well as their 2023 list of the "Top 10 Historical Fiction Debuts".{{Cite web |last=Seaman |first=Donna |date=2023-05-15 |title=Top 10 Historical Fiction Debuts: 2023 |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=9779769 |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=Booklist |archive-date=2023-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021034250/https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=9779769 |url-status=live }}

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• {{Cite magazine |date=2023-10-24 |title=Jackson Howard and Jonathan Escoffery on Publishing, Writing and Humor |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/a45484946/jackson-howard-voices/ |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=Harper's Bazaar |language=en-US}}

• [https://lithub.com/jonathan-escoffery-on-how-to-build-trust-with-readers/ Jonathan Escoffery on How to Build Trust with Readers] (Interview with LitHub)
• [https://lithub.com/a-lot-of-people-cant-stomach-it-jonathan-escoffery-on-the-paradox-of-writing-about-poverty/ "A Lot of People Can’t Stomach It." Jonathan Escoffery on the Paradox of Writing About Poverty] (Interview with LitHub)
• [https://lithub.com/jonathan-escoffery-talks-about-how-belonging-shifts-across-generations/ Jonathan Escoffery Talks About How Belonging Shifts Across Generations] (Interview with LitHub)
• [https://lithub.com/jonathan-escoffery-on-playing-out-some-of-his-worst-fears-on-the-page/ Jonathan Escoffery on Playing Out Some of His Worst Fears on the Page] (Interview with LitHub)
• [https://lithub.com/jonathan-escoffery-on-how-nella-larsens-helga-crane-influenced-his-debut-collection/ Jonathan Escoffery on How Nella Larsen’s Helga Crane Influenced His Debut Collection] (Interview with LitHub)

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