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for twenty years, starting as a summer intern. He is currently Vice President & Executive Editor at Hogarth Books and Random House. As an editor he's known for helping literary fiction and nonfiction writers win major prizes and become bestsellers. He edited three
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was #1 on Book Riot's list of 100 Must-Read American Historical novels. In 2018, he joined the Leadership Council of the Lambda Literary Foundation. He's developing a television series with Keshet Studios called
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as one of the "25 books that have shaped LGBTQ literature over the past 20 years." In 2017 Ebershoff established the Lili Elbe scholarships for emerging transgender writers in conjunction with the
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praised it by saying that "it does that thing all good novels do: it entertains us." In 2009, British television talk show hosts
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influenced Ebershoff's short fiction, and he has discussed learning to write stories by studying their work. The epigraph of
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fiction, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, and was named one of the best books of the year by the
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for their on-air book club, making the book a #1 bestseller in the UK. In 2010, the book was made into a
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for Random House. He was formerly the publishing director of Random House's classics imprint, the
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An international bestseller, it has been translated into more than twenty-five languages.
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bestseller, selling almost a million copies around the world. The novel is about one of
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called it "an exquisite tour-de-force" and named it one of the best books of the year.
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In 2015, producer Gail Mutrux adapted the novel into an Oscar-winning film also called
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for history). In 2015, he edited the winner of the National Book Award in fiction,
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winner, an Oprah Book Club Selection, a winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, four
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In 2013, Ebershoff became the first editor to edit the winners of the
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comes from Trevor: "Like all children, I led a double life."
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The Danish Girl
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