17 Facts About Phil Klay

Phil Klay won the National Book Award for fiction in 2014 for his first book-length publication, a collection of short stories, Redeployment.

Phil Klay's maternal grandfather was a career diplomat and his father a Peace Corps volunteer; for years his mother worked in international medical assistance.

Phil Klay attended Regis High School in New York City, graduating in 2001.

Phil Klay graduated from Dartmouth College in 2005 and then joined the US Marine Corps, where he was commissioned as a second lieutenant.

Phil Klay described his time in the military as "a very mild deployment" as a Public Affairs Officer.

Phil Klay said that he wrote his collection of short stories based on his service and return to civilian life because:.

Phil Klay has objected to the way civilians distance themselves from military experience:.

Phil Klay has described how "the gap between public mythology and lived experience" even affects both veteran-civilian dialogue and the veteran self-perception:.

When he was named a Hertog Fellow at Hunter, Phil Klay was able to sharpen his research skills assisting novelist Richard Ford with his novel Canada.

Phil Klay has reviewed fiction for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Newsweek.

Phil Klay's stories have appeared in collections as well, including The Best American Non-Required Reading 2012 and Fire and Forget.

Phil Klay has conducted several interviews with other writers and published them on The Rumpus.

In 2022, Phil Klay returned a second time on the Storybound podcast for a special adaptation of his essay "Citizen Soldier".

In November 2014, Phil Klay won the National Book Award for fiction for his collection of short stories Redeployment.

Phil Klay had been thought "something of a longshot" to win.

Phil Klay married Jessica Alvarez, an attorney, on February 15,2014.

Phil Klay's older brother, Byrne Phil Klay, is a musician in the band Megan Jean's Secret Family.