September 13, 2008
Writer David Foster Wallace found dead at home
The Associated PressA police spokeswoman says writer David Foster Wallace has been found dead in his Southern California home. He was 46.
Jackie Morales, a records clerk with the Claremont Police Department, says Wallace's wife found her husband had hanged himself when she returned home about 9:30 p.m. Friday.
Wallace's first novel, "The Broom of the System," gained national attention, but his best known work was 1996's "Infinite Jest."
He received a genius grant from the MacArthur Foundation in 1997 and he taught creative writing and English at nearby Pomona College.