Phil Klay

Phil Klay (/ˈklaɪ/; born 1983) is an American writer and United States Marine officer who won the National Book Award for fiction in 2014 for his first book-length publication, a collection of short stories, Redeployment. In 2014 the National Book Foundation named him a 5 under 35 honoree. 2Early life Klay grew up in Westchester, New York, the son of Marie-Therese F. Klay and William D. Klay. He attended Regis High School in New York City, graduating in 2001. 2Education and military career While attending Dartmouth College, where he played rugby and boxed, Klay attended Officer Candidate School in Quantico, Virginia, during the summer of 2004. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 2005 and then joined the U.S. Marines, where he was commissioned as a second lieutenant. He later explained that: I knew we were going to war, and I joined for the reasons that many people serve. My family always had a strong respect for public service. I wanted to be part of a cause greater than myself. I was thinking of it as a historic moment, and I wanted to put myself in a position of responsibility so I could hopefully affect things for the bette