John Irving

John Irving was born in Exeter, New Hampshire. His first novel, "Setting Free the Bears", was published in 1968, when he was twenty-six. He competed as a wrestler for twenty years, and coached wrestling until he was forty-seven. Mr. Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times--winning once, in 1980, for his novel "The World According to Garp". He received an O. Henry Award in 1981 for his short story "Interior Space." In 2000, Mr. Irving won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for "The Cider House Rules". In 2013, he won a Lambda Literary Award for his novel "In One Person". An international writer--his novels have been translated into more than thirty-five languages--John Irving lives in Toronto. His all-time bestselling novel, in every language, is "A Prayer for Owen Meany".

Books by John Irving

The Last Chairlift

The Social Credit Movement in Alberta

The World According to Garp

The Imaginary Girlfriend

Avenue of Mysteries

Trying to Save Piggy Sneed

Mary Ellen Mark: Tiny, Streetwise Revisited (signed edition)

Mary Ellen Mark: Tiny, Streetwise Revisited

A Son of the Circus

In One Person

Last Night in Twisted River

Until I Find You

The Fourth Hand

The Cider House Rules

The Hotel New Hampshire

A Prayer for Owen Meany

My Movie Business

A Widow for One Year