Daniel Mason


For the American composer, see Daniel Gregory Mason.
Daniel Mason is an American novelist and physician. He is the author of The Piano Tuner and A Far Country. He was raised in Palo Alto, California, and received a BA in biology from Harvard University, later graduating from the UCSF School of Medicine. He wrote his first novel, The Piano Tuner, while still a medical student. It was later the basis for a 2004 opera of the same name. Mason's second novel, A Far Country, was published in March 2007. His work has been published in 28 countries.
In May 2020, Turner was the recipient of the $50,000 Simpson/Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize.

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