Motherless Brooklyn

Jonathan Allen Lethem (born February 19, 1964) is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer renowned for genre-bending fiction that mixes science fiction, detective noir, and literary elements, with no death year as he is alive. His most notable works include Motherless Brooklyn (1999), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, Macallan Gold Dagger, and Salon Book Award; The Fortress of Solitude (2003), a New York Times bestseller; and debut Gun, with Occasional Music (1994), a Nebula finalist. Major achievements include the 2005 MacArthur Fellowship ("Genius Grant") and 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship in fiction.