Train, which he developed on a Studio Attachment at the National Theatre in London and which premiered at New Jersey Rep Theatre in 2011. After performances at five new-play festivals and reading series, his play Broomstick won a National New Play Network Continued Life of New Plays Fund Award, premiering in an extended run at New Jersey Repertory Company in 2013 and afterwards produced at Montana Repertory Theatre, Southern Rep Theatre, Fountain Theatre (Los Angeles), and Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey in 2014. Broomstick will be produced by Artists Repertory Theatre in October 2015. In 2008, Biguenet was named Theatre Person of the Year at the Big Easy Theatre Awards, the region’s major professional theater awards. He received the Louisiana Writer Award in 2012. Having served twice as president of the American Literary Translators Association and as writer-in-residence at various universities, he is currently the Robert Hunter Distinguished University Professor at Loyola University in New Orleans. Books Oyster (Trade PB, ) The Torturer's Apprentice (Trade PB, ); (HC ) Shotgun (Trade PB, ) References External links John Biguenet John Biguenet's web site John Biguenet at HarperCollins 21st-century American novelists American dramatists and playwrights American academics of English literature Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male novelists American male dramatists and playwrights American male short story writers 21st-century American short story writers 21st-century American male writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers American male non-fiction writers