Born: 21-Feb-1962
Birthplace: Ithaca, NY
Died: 12-Sep-2008
Location of death: Claremont, CA
Cause of death: Suicide

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Novelist, Essayist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Infinite Jest

Father: James Donald Wallace
Mother: Sally Foster Wallace
Sister: Amy (attorney)
Wife: (until his death)

    High School: University High School, Urbana, IL
    University: BA Philosophy, Amherst College (1985)
    University: MFA Creative Writing, University of Arizona (1987)
    Professor: Illinois State University
    Professor: English, Pomona College (2002-08)

    MacArthur Fellowship

Author of books:
The Broom of the System (1987, novel)
Girl with Curious Hair (1990, novel)
Infinite Jest (1996, novel)
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (1997, essays)
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (1999, short stories)
Everything and More (2003, essays)
Oblivion: Stories (2004, short stories)
Consider the Lobster (2005, essays)

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