The San Francisco Chronicle rated A Century of November as one of "The Best Books of 2004", Entertainment Weekly quoted the novel as "Gripping, Damning and Transfixing". An acclaimed novelist and short story writer, his novel Chekhov’s Sister was selected one of the Notable Books of 1990 by the New York Times. His other novels, including, The Wisest Man in America and Morning, range widely over subjects as diverse as the primary process in New Hampshire and a Today-like TV show. His short stories -- collected in three volumes: The Man Who Loved Levittown (winner of the Dru Heinz Literature Prize), Hyannis Boat and Other Stories, and Wherever That Great Heart May Be -- are remarkable for their extraordinary level of craft as well as of imagination and fantasy. He has written three books narrating aspects of his fly-fishing passion (Upland Stream, Vermont River, and One River More), and also wrote The Smithsonian Guide to Natural America: Northern New England -- Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine. He has been the recipient of two fellowships from the National Endowments of the Arts, and held the Strauss Living Grant from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, awarded once every 4 years. He has won many other literary awards and honours.