Garth Risk Hallberg Quote
Incidental, all of it, of course, but this was what this city bestowed that novels couldn't: not what you needed in order to live, but what made the living worth doing in the first place.
Garth Risk Hallberg
Incidental, all of it, of course, but this was what this city bestowed that novels couldn't: not what you needed in order to live, but what made the living worth doing in the first place.
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About Garth Risk Hallberg
Garth Risk Hallberg (born November 1978) is an American author. His debut novel is City on Fire.
Hallberg was born outside Baton Rouge, Louisiana and grew up in Greenville, North Carolina. In 2001 he received a degree in English from Washington University in St. Louis, where he met Elise White, his future wife. She graduated from Washington University in 2000 with degrees in English and African-American studies. Both of Hallberg's parents were teachers; his father was also a writer. They divorced when Hallberg was 13.
Hallberg credits David Foster Wallace's novel Infinite Jest with allowing him to face down issues that had led him to substance abuse as a young man.
Hallberg resides in New York City. His debut novella, A Field Guide to the North American Family, was published in 2007. He published his first novel, City on Fire, in 2015, to criticism and acclaim. A second novel, The Second Coming, was published in 2024. His work has also been published in The Millions.
Hallberg was born outside Baton Rouge, Louisiana and grew up in Greenville, North Carolina. In 2001 he received a degree in English from Washington University in St. Louis, where he met Elise White, his future wife. She graduated from Washington University in 2000 with degrees in English and African-American studies. Both of Hallberg's parents were teachers; his father was also a writer. They divorced when Hallberg was 13.
Hallberg credits David Foster Wallace's novel Infinite Jest with allowing him to face down issues that had led him to substance abuse as a young man.
Hallberg resides in New York City. His debut novella, A Field Guide to the North American Family, was published in 2007. He published his first novel, City on Fire, in 2015, to criticism and acclaim. A second novel, The Second Coming, was published in 2024. His work has also been published in The Millions.