Manuel Muñoz

Manuel Muñoz is the author of the story collection The Consequences as well as two other volumes of short fiction, Zigzagger and The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue, and a novel, What You See in the Dark. He is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts and has been recognized with a Whiting Award, three O. Henry Prizes, and two selections in The Best American Short Stories. In 2023, he received a MacArthur Fellowship for “depicting with empathy and nuance the Mexican-American communities of California’s Central Valley.”