Author guide
Justin Cronin Books in Order
Justin Cronin is an American writer and Rice University writer-in-residence. A graduate of Harvard University and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, he is the author of the novella A Short History of the Long Ball, the short-story collection Mary and O’Neil, and the novels The Summer Guest, The Passage, The Twelve, The City of Mirrors, and The Ferryman. His honors include the PEN/Hemingway Award, the Stephen Crane Prize, a Whiting Writers’ Award, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Pew Foundation.
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Justin Cronin's Newest Book
Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
The Passage
The first volume of Cronin's defining completed trilogy.
Mary and O'Neil
The award-winning literary short-story collection and an entry point to Cronin's early fiction.
The Ferryman
A later standalone speculative novel requiring no series background.
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