His mother, Lily Tuck, is a novelist, and his father is an artist.

Lily Tuck's lively book "Interviewing Matisse or the Woman Who Died Standing Up," which appeared last year, pioneered this form.

His mother, Lily Tuck, is a writer whose most recent novel, "The Woman Who Walked on Water," was published last spring by Riverhead.

SIAM: Or, The Woman Who Shot a Man, by Lily Tuck.

Jurors for 2007 were Charles D'Ambrosio, Lily Tuck and Ursula K. Le Guin.

Lily Tuck's "Limbo, and Other Places I Have Lived" is another lesser effort by another talented writer known for her spare, lapidarist style.

"Dream House," a short story by Lily Tuck.

Charlie Rose interview with Lily Tuck and 2004 National Book Award Finalists (video file).

IF literature is a circus, Lily Tuck walks the tightrope.

Up front, near the shelves devoted to New York and the U.S., two of the contributors, Lily Tuck and Joe Queenan, prepared to read.