Michael Chabon is an American novelist, short story writer and screenwriter, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, a novel about two cousins who create comic book superheroes during World War II that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2001. His alternate history mystery The Yiddish Policemen's Union won the Hugo, Sidewise, Nebula and Ignotus awards, and his fiction often deals with Jewish identity, fatherhood and divorce. He has also written Wonder Boys and Telegraph Avenue, and his work includes screenplays, children's books and comics.
