Patch Interview: Michael Chabon on Columbia
Bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon spoke about his childhood in Columbia, its influence on him and the city's changes.
Michael Chabon, who spent his childhood in Columbia, is the best selling-author of novels such as The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Wonder Boys and the 2001 Pulitzer Prize winner The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. As a child, Chabon's parents were divorced and he spent nine months of the year living in Columbia with his mother and three months in Pittsburgh with his father. He graduated from Howard High School. For the past two decades Chabon, 49, has lived mostly in California, making his permanent home in Berkeley since 1997, according to his biography on his publicity agency's website. Chabon's latest book, Telegraph Avenue, was published in September. The book took him about five years to write. In an op-ed in the New York Times, Chabon…
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