for his novel The Sellout. He is the first writer from the United States honored with the Man Booker. The bestselling author Casey Sherman graduated from BU in 1992.
Sigrid Nunez is the 2018 winner of the National Book Award and author of eight novels including What Are You Going Through, The Friend, and Salvation City. She teaches in Boston University's Creative Writing Department.
David Grann is a staff writer for The New Yorker and a New York Times bestselling author who earned his master's degree in creative writing from Boston University. His 2017 novel Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI was adapted into a 2023 award-winning film, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Robert De Niro, and Jesse Plemons.
=== Government and politics ===
Boston University alumni include 13 current or former governors of U.S. states, eight U.S. senators, and 33 members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Its graduates have achieved a number of historical …
