Silas House

A Parchment of Leaves

A Parchment of Leaves, debuted as a top ten Booksense pick and became a national bestseller. A Parchment of Leaves has been nominated for the Southern Book Critics Circle Prize, the Booksense Book of the Year (longlist), the William Sayoran International Literary Prize, the SEBA Book Award, and the AWA Book of the Year. The book won the Kentucky Literary Award and the Foreword magazine Bronze Book Award. House was recently voted Kentucky's favorite writer in a state-wide poll conducted by Kentucky Monthly magazine.

Among House's most prestigious honors are the Award of Special Achievement from the Fellowship of Southern Writers, the Chaffin Award for Appalachian literature from Morehead State University, and the Fiction Award from the National Society of Arts and Letters.

House is a frequent contributor to NPR's "All Things Considered." House frequently writes press kit and website bios for Nashville recording labels. His bios include Lee Ann Womack, Lucinda Williams, and Tim O'brien. Until recently, House worked as a rural mail carrier for the United States Postal Service. He lives in Lily, Kentucky. He has just finished his third novel, The Coal Tattoo, which will be released in 2004.