Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh was born in Boston Massachusetts and is an American author and novelist.

Her work includes McGlue (2014); Eileen (2016), which was awarded the 2016 PEN/Hemingway Award and shortlisted for the 2016 Booker Prize; Homesick for Another World (2017); and My Year of Rest and Relaxation (2018), which was shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize.

Born: 20 May 1981

All nominated books

Eileen

In this taut psychological thriller from Ottessa Moshfegh, a young woman is pushed into complicity in a crime that surpasses her wildest imaginings.

Percival Everett interview: 'How long did it take to write The Trees? Sixty-three years'

With The Trees shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2022, we spoke to Percival Everett about what ranching taught him about writing, why oppressive regimes want an under-educated populace and why he tries to get people laughing

Graeme Macrae Burnet interview: 'The most important research I did was ploughing through women's magazines from the 60s'

With Case Study longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022, we spoke to Graeme Macrae Burnet about surrounding his characters with real people, resisting classification and his favourite Booker books

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The bestselling crime author talks us through the books that have inspired her career.

Read the 2022 shortlist: an extract from The Trees by Percival Everett

Read the opening from Percival Everett’s striking novel, which combines an unnerving murder mystery with a powerful condemnation of racism and police violence.

Ottessa Moshfegh

All nominated books

Eileen

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