Philipp Meyer is an American fiction writer born in New York City in 1974. He is best known for his novels American Rust and The Son, and has also published short stories in The New Yorker and other publications. Meyer's work has received significant recognition. He won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 2009 and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2010. His novel The Son was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2014. In France, his work has been particularly celebrated, earning him the Lucien Barrière prize in 2014 and the Prix Littérature-Monde Prize in 2015. Beyond writing, Meyer has worked in television production, creating and producing an AMC television adaptation based on one of his novels. In 2017, he was named a Chevalier (Knight) in France's Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, a prestigious cultural honor.