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John Burnham Schwartz (born 1965) is an American novelist and screenwriter. Schwartz is best known for his novels Reservation Road (1998) and The Commoner (2008). His fifth novel, Northwest Corner, a sequel to Reservation Road, was published in 2011. He is an editor at large at Penguin Random House.
Drawing upon private papers and years of extensive research, Schwartz imaginatively re-creates the story of an extraordinary, troubled woman’s search for a new life and a place to belong, in the powerful, evocative prose that has made him an acclaimed author of literary and historical fiction.
JOHN BURNHAM SCHWARTZ was born and raised in New York City. He is best known for his bestselling novels Reservation Road (1998) and The Commoner (2008), as well as his sixth novel, The Red Daughter (2019).
John Burnham Schwartz is the author of five acclaimed novels, including The Commoner, Claire Marvel, Bicycle Days, and Reservation Road, which was made into a motion picture based on his screenplay.
John Burnham Schwartz grew up in New York City. At Harvard College, he majored in Japanese studies, and upon graduation accepted a position with a prominent Wall Street investment bank, before finally turning the position down after selling his first novel.
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Sep 7, 2012 · 'Northwest Corner', the new novel by John Burnham Schwartz, is out now in paperback (Constable & Robinson)
Jan 17, 2008 · John Burnham Schwartz talks about his new novel, “The Commoner,” which is told from the point of view of a fictional doppelgänger for Empress Michiko of Japan.
