Tucson Festival of Books

Naeem Murr (He/Him)



Averill Murr

Naeem Murr is the author of several novels, including, "The Boy," which was a New York Times Notable Book, and "The Perfect Man," awarded The Commonwealth Writers' Prize for the Best Book of Europe and South Asia. It was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. His new novel is "Every Exit Brings You Home." A former Stegner Fellow at Stanford, among his many awards are a PEN Beyond Margins Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives in Chicago.

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Awards: Guggenheim Fellow, PEN Literary Award, Pushcart Prize, Longlisted for the Booker award, Commonwealth Prize for the Best Book of Europe and South Asia

Communities: Mixed Race


Books:
Every Exit Brings You Home
A Novel
Fiction / Literature
W. W. Norton, Incorporated
February 2026
ISBN 9781324117902
336 pages

The Perfect Man
A Novel
Fiction / Literature
Random House Publishing Group
April 2007
ISBN 9780812977011
464 pages