Brad Kessler

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About The Author

Brad Kessler’s novel Birds in Fall won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. His other books include Lick Creek and The Woodcutter’s Christmas. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Nation, The Kenyon Review, and BOMB, as well as other publications. He is the recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award, a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, and the Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.  

Books by Brad Kessler

Goat Song

A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese

By Brad Kessler
Goat Song is the story of a year in the life of a couple who abandoned their one-bedroom apartment in New York City to live on seventy-five acres in Vermont and raise Nubian goats.
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Birds in Fall

A Novel

By Brad Kessler
A profound literary novel set in Nova Scotia, Brad Kessler’s Birds in Fall explores grief, healing, and community through the intertwined stories of families, loss, and the natural world.
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