Silas House is a bestselling author whose works include several novels, most recently Lark Ascending; three plays; and a book of creative nonfiction. Lark Ascending won the 2023 Southern Book Prize in Fiction and was chosen as a Booklist Editor’s Choice, one of Salon’s books of the year, and as a top 10 most recommended book by independent booksellers.
Silas was chosen for the Duggins Prize, the nation’s largest award for an LGBT writer, and in 2020 was chosen as Appalachian of the Year in a nationwide poll. He’s a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers and recipient of three honorary doctorates. He serves as the NEH Chair of Appalachian Studies at Berea College, on the faculty at Spalding University’s School of Creative Writing, and as an editor for the University Press of Kentucky. He is a former commentator for NPR’s All Things Considered, and his writing has appeared recently in Time, The Atlantic, Garden and Gun, and Oxford American. Silas was a producer and one of the subjects of the award-winning documentary Hillbilly, and as a music journalist, he’s worked with artists such as Kacey Musgraves, Kris Kristofferson, Lucinda Williams and Jason Isbell.
