I feel like it has gone very fast for me, but I feel like it wasn't instantaneous, at all. I was getting a lot of rejections. I just got very lucky and it happened quickly for me. I don't feel like I'm a prodigy or something.

Doerr is married with twin sons and lives in Boise Idaho. From 2007–2010 he was considered the 'writer-in-residence' for the state of Idaho. Henry prize stories Volume 2009 Editor Laura Furman Anchor Books 2009 ISBN 9780307280350
"The Caretaker" The Anchor book of new American short stories Editor Ben Marcus Anchor Books 2004 ISBN 978-1-4000-3482-6.

Doerr is married with twin sons and lives in Boise Idaho. He also writes a column on science books for the Boston Globe and is a contributor to The Morning News.