Per­ci­val Everett is a Dis­tin­guished Pro­fes­sor of Eng­lish at the Uni­ver­si­ty of South­ern Cal­i­for­nia (USC). He is known for his sig­nif­i­cant con­tri­bu­tions to lit­er­a­ture, hav­ing authored sev­er­al acclaimed nov­els. His most recent works include *Dr. No*, which gar­nered atten­tion as a final­ist for the Nation­al Book Crit­ics Cir­cle (NBCC) Award for Fic­tion and won the pres­ti­gious PEN/Jean Stein Book Award. Addi­tion­al­ly, his nov­el *The Trees* was rec­og­nized as a final­ist for both the Book­er Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fic­tion. Everett’s lit­er­ary prowess is fur­ther exem­pli­fied with *Tele­phone*, which was a final­ist for the Pulitzer Prize, along­side oth­er note­wor­thy titles like *So Much Blue*, *Era­sure*, and *I Am Not Sid­ney Poiti­er*.

Everett’s accom­plish­ments have not gone unno­ticed; he has been hon­ored with the NBCC Ivan San­drof Life Achieve­ment Award and the Wind­ham-Camp­bell Prize from Yale Uni­ver­si­ty, both tes­ta­ments to his influ­en­tial role in the lit­er­ary world. Fur­ther­more, the fea­ture film *Amer­i­can Fic­tion*, adapt­ed from his nov­el *Era­sure*, was released in 2023, show­cas­ing the impact­ful nar­ra­tives he cre­ates.

Resid­ing in Los Ange­les, Everett shares his life with his wife, the writer Danzy Sen­na, and their chil­dren. His posi­tion at USC allows him to nur­ture the next gen­er­a­tion of writ­ers, while his own lit­er­ary out­put con­tin­ues to receive crit­i­cal and pub­lic acclaim. Through his works, he has man­aged to blur the lines between dif­fer­ent gen­res, often tack­ling com­plex themes that res­onate with con­tem­po­rary soci­ety. As a fig­ure in the aca­d­e­m­ic and artis­tic com­mu­ni­ties, Everett’s voice remains vital and influ­en­tial, mak­ing sig­nif­i­cant strides in Amer­i­can lit­er­a­ture while con­tin­u­ing to engage with press­ing soci­etal issues.