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Bios, selected praise, interviews, and a direct line. The forthcoming novel is Cowboy — or, A Communion of Saints, set in 1901 Texas, publishing Christmas Day, December 25, 2026.
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CG Fewston is an American novelist, born in Texas in 1979. He is the author of A Time to Love in Tehran (2015), Little Hometown, America (2020), A Time to Forget in East Berlin (2022), and Conquergood & the Center of the Intelligible Mystery of Being (2023). His forthcoming novel, Cowboy — or, A Communion of Saints, is set in 1901 Texas and will be published on Christmas Day, December 25, 2026. He has been a Visiting Scholar at the American Academy in Rome and a Visiting Fellow at City University of Hong Kong, and holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing and Fiction.
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CG Fewston is an American novelist, born in Texas in 1979. His books include A Time to Love in Tehran (2015), a Gold winner in the Literary Classics awards and called “a cerebral, fast-paced thriller” by Kirkus Reviews; Little Hometown, America (2020), Gold winner in the Human Relations Indie Book Awards; A Time to Forget in East Berlin (2022); and Conquergood & the Center of the Intelligible Mystery of Being (2023). Cowboy — or, A Communion of Saints, set in 1901 Texas, publishes December 25, 2026. He has been a Visiting Scholar at the American Academy in Rome, a Visiting Fellow at City University of Hong Kong, and a member of the Hemingway Society, PEN America, and the Royal Society of Literature. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He holds a B.A. in English, an M.Ed. in Higher Education Leadership, an M.A. in Literature, and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing and Fiction.
Forthcoming
Cowboy — or, A Communion of Saints
A boy, a journey, and the country that makes a man or breaks him. The book is both of Tolstoy’s stories: a man goes on a journey, and a stranger comes to town.
Paperback, 5×8, 566 pages. KDP listing title: Cowboy: A Communion of Saints.
“People and society can often mistake Generosity for Privilege.”
CG Fewston, Cowboy — or, A Communion of Saints
Selected praise
From the reviews.
“A cerebral, fast-paced thriller.”
Kirkus Reviews · A Time to Love in Tehran“Vivid, nuanced, and poetic.”
The Prairies Book Review · A Time to Forget in East Berlin“An engrossing story of clandestine espionage… a testament to the lifestyle encountered in East Berlin at the height of the Cold War.”
Lone Star Literary Life · A Time to Forget in East Berlin“This novel gives us the excitement of Le Carré and Fleming, but its soul is found next to Márquez and Hemingway.”
Darren R. Leo · A Time to Love in Tehran“A lone human in a synthetic world is undone by unanswerable questions.”
Foreword Clarion Reviews · Conquergood“Not your usual dystopian saga… thought-provoking and thoroughly engaging.”
D. Donovan, Midwest Book Review · ConquergoodInterviews
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A Time to Forget in East Berlin 2022
Little Hometown, America 2020
A Time to Love in Tehran 2015
Conquergood 2023
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