website nationality period genre article_title name occupation
-lsb- http://www.brookshansen.com] united states 1990 -- present literary fiction brooks hansen
 brooks hansen novelist
brooks hansen

brooks hansen is an american novelist , screenwriter , and illustrator best known for his 1995 book `` the chess garden '' .
he has also written one young adult 's novel .
he lives with his family in carpinteria , california .
he was the recipient of the john simon guggenheim fellowship in 2005 .
he teaches at the cate school in carpinteria as an english teacher .
