George Saunders is a writer and professor at Syracuse University. He writes short stories, essays, novellas, children's books, and novels.Saunders writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, McSweeney's, and GQ. His first story collection, "CivilWarLand in Bad Decline," was published in 1996. His most recent novel, "Lincoln in the Bardo," won the 2017 Man Booker Prize.Before becoming a full-time writer and professor, Saunders worked as a technical writer and geophysical engineer.Saunders was born in Amarillo, Texas and raised in Oak Forest, Illinois. He received his B.S. in Geophysical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. He received his M.A. in Creative Writing from Syracuse University.