Let's make this birthday one to remember.

64 years old (Born on July 19, 1960)

Happy Birthday, Ethan Canin! Celebrating another year of literary brilliance and medical mastery—you're the only person we know who can diagnose a plot twist as skillfully as you prescribe medicine. From "Blue River" to "For Kings and Planets," your novels have kept readers delightfully sleepless for decades.

Congratulations on all you've achieved—including that prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship in 2010 (we're still impressed!). May this birthday bring plenty of laughter, inspiration, and perhaps fewer late-night edits. Here's hoping your next chapter is filled with humor, health, happiness—and maybe even characters who behave themselves once in a while. Cheers!