Bio: Ben Fountain (born 1958) is an American writer currently living in New Bern, North Carolina. He has won many awards including a PEN/Hemingway Award for Brief Encounters with Che Guevara: Stories (2007) and the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction for his debut novel Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2012)
Born: Unknown birthdate.
Birthplace: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
