Mischa Berlinski (born 1973 in New York, United States) is an American author.
 His first novel, "Fieldwork", was a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award.
 In 2008 Berlinski won a $50,000 Whiting Award, given to writers showing early promise in their careers.
Fieldwork is a 2007 novel by American journalist Mischa Berlinski.
 It was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux and was a finalist that year for the National Book Award, eventually losing out to Denis Johnson's "Tree of Smoke".
Arnold Rampersad (born 13 November 1941) is a biographer and literary critic, who was born in Trinidad and Tobago and moved to the US in 1965.
 The first volume (1986) of his "Life of Langston Hughes" was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and his "Ralph Ellison: A Biography" was a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award.
Charles Kenneth "C. K." Williams (November 4, 1936 – September 20, 2015) was an American poet, critic and translator.
 Williams won nearly every major poetry award.
 "Flesh and Blood" won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1987.
 "Repair" (1999) won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, was a National Book Award finalist and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
 "The Singing" won the National Book Award, 2003 and in 2005 Williams received the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize.
 The 2012 film "Tar" related aspects of Williams' life using his poetry.
In the Country of Men is the debut novel of Libyan writer Hisham Matar, first published in 2006 by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books.
 It was nominated for the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the Guardian First Book Award.
 It has so far been translated into 22 languages and was awarded the 2007 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize as well as a host of international literary prizes.
 The book was also nominated for the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award in the U.S.
The Philippine National Book Awards, or simply the National Book Awards, is a Philippine literary award sponsored by the NBDB (National Book Development Board) and the MCC (Manila Critics' Circle).
 It is the national book award of the Philippines.
 Since 1982 until 2008 the yearly awards was given by the Manila Critics' Circle.
 Then, in 2008, the administration of the award changed hands to the NBDB.
 The award is also distinguished as a major and secular Philippine literary award that is not a manuscripts contest.
 The award categories include:
Sara Zarr (born October 3, 1970) is an American writer.
 She was raised in San Francisco, and now lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with her husband.
 Her first novel, "Story of a Girl", was a 2007 National Book Award finalist.
 She has subsequently had six novels published.
Robert L. Hass (born March 1, 1941) is an American poet.
 He served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1995 to 1997.
 He won the 2007 National Book Award and shared the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for the collection "Time and Materials: Poems 1997-2005."
 In 2014 he was awarded the Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets.
Denis Hale Johnson (July 1, 1949 – May 24, 2017) was an American writer best known for his short story collection "Jesus' Son" (1992) and his novel "Tree of Smoke" (2007), which won the National Book Award for Fiction.
 He also wrote plays, poetry, journalism, and non-fiction.
David Kirby (born 1944) is an American poet and the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of English at Florida State University (FSU).
 His most recent book is "Talking about Movies with Jesus," published in 2011 by LSU Press.
 His new and selected poetry collection, "The House on Boulevard St." ("Louisiana State University Press"), was nominated for the 2007 National Book Award in poetry.

Question: What author who wrote "Jesus' Son" beat out Mischa Berlinksi for 2007 National Book Award?
Answer: Denis Johnson