Born: 1963, Washington, D.C.Lives: Berkeley, California
Michael Chabon was born in Washington, D.C. He studied at Carnegie Mellon University for a year, took a BA at the University of Pittsburgh in 1984 and an MFA in creative writing at the University of California, Irvine.
His first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (1988), was a bestseller. He has also written screenplays, comics and television, and his work often blends literary and genre fiction. He lives in Berkeley, California.