Unfortunately, George Saunders is no longer able to join us in 2026.
We’ve already rescheduled though–catch him at SABF 2027. 

George Saunders is the author of nine books, including the novel Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the Man Booker Prize, and the story collections Pastoralia and Tenth of December, the latter of which was a Finalist for the National Book Award. He has received fellowships from the Lannan Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Guggenheim Foundation. He has received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. In 2013, he was included in Time’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2025 he received the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation. He teaches in the creative-writing program at Syracuse University. His new novel is Vigil.