Cary Groner
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Cary Groner

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Cary Groner grew up in the Midwest, then earned his BFA in directing from the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. For many years he's lived on the West Coast, working as a journalist covering science, healthcare, and environmental issues, as well as theatre and film. From 1986-2002 he studied Buddhist meditation and philosophy with the late Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche. In 2009, he received his MFA in fiction writing from the University of Arizona. His first novel, "Exiles," was published in 2011 by Spiegel & Grau /​ Random House, and was called one of the best books of the year by the Chicago Tribune. His second novel, "The Way," was published in the US by Spiegel & Grau in 2024, and in the UK by Canongate in 2025.

Cary's short stories have won numerous awards and appeared in venues that include Glimmer Train, Mississippi Review, Southern California Review, American Fiction, Tampa Review, Sycamore Review, Salamander, and Zymbol.

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    • The Way

    • A Novel
    • Written by: Cary Groner
    • Narrated by: Byron Wagner
    • Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 2024-12-04
    • Language: English
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