Winner of the 1974 National Book Award for Dog Soldiers (1973), Robert Stone is one of the most accomplished post WWII American fiction writers. His seven novels and one collection of short stories tackle urgent, expansive themes of international political conflict and the ongoing search for individual moral redemption.

Born on August 21, 1937 in New York City, Stone served in the navy before attending New York and Stanford Universities. His first novel, A Hall of Mirrors (1967), painted a stark picture of Southern political corruption at a New Orleans radio station. The book won a William Faulkner Foundation Award and was adapted for the screen.

His 1973 novel Dog Soldiers brought the Vietnam War to vivid life for literary audiences and was also made into a 1978 film called, Who’ll Stop the Rain? with a screenplay by Robert Stone.

A Flag for Sunrise (1981) continued Stone’s investigation of political corruption. But this time the tale takes place in a poverty-stricken Central American country ripe for revolution. His next novel, Children of Light (1986), is about a schizophrenic actress and screenwriter in the throes of self-transformation.

In their broadly international and domestic visions, his most recently published novels and short stories have embraced even deeper modes of social conflict. Outerbridge Reach (1992) is about a floundering married couple and an around-the-world sailing race. Bear and His Daughter (1997), a short story collection preceded Damascus Gate (1998), a novel about Israeli and Arab conflict.

His latest novel, Bay of Souls (2003) returns to domestic themes. It tells the story of a Midwestern English professor who abandons the comforts of collegiate life when he becomes obsessed with a beautiful Caribbean colleague.

He is the receipt of a Guggenheim fellowship, an award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the John Dos Passos Prize for literature, a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, and a grant from the National Institute for Arts and Letters.

He lives with his wife in New York City.