Jonathan Dee (born 1962) is an American novelist and non-fiction writer. His fifth novel, "The Privileges", was a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Read full biography of Jonathan Dee →
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Jonathan Dee (born 1962) is an American novelist and non-fiction writer. His fifth novel, "The Privileges", was a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.