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Tess Gunty

2023 PFWA

PFWA 2023

Winner of the National Book Award and finalist for the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award

Tess Gunty earned an MFA in creative writing from NYU, where she was a Lillian Vernon Fellow. Her work has appeared in The Iowa Review, Joyland, Los Angeles Review of Books, No Tokens, Flash, and elsewhere. Published to widespread critical acclaim, the novel follows an odd assortment of residents who live in a crumbling apartment building in a dying town in the post-industrial Midwest. Set across one week and culminating in a shocking act of violence, The Rabbit Hutch chronicles a town on the brink, desperate for rebirth. Gunty was raised in South Bend, Indiana, and lives in Los Angeles.

Sessions & Appearances

At the Festival

Tess Gunty appears in 2 sessions in the archive.

Selected Works

Books

Copies of every title are available from Vroman's Bookstore at the festival.

2022Featured at the festival

The Rabbit Hutch

Longlisted for the National Book Award, Rabbit Hutch is Tess Gunty’s debut novel. Published to widespread critical acclaim, this debut follows an odd assortment of residents who live in a crumbling apartment building in a dying town in the post-industrial Midwest. Set across one week and culminating in a shocking act of violence, The Rabbit Hutch chronicles a town on the brink, desperate for rebirth. Longlisted for the National Book Award, The Rabbit Hutch is a Barnes and Noble Discover Pick of the Month and an IndieNext Pick.

“Mesmerizing…”— New York Times
“The most promising first novel I’ve read this year.”— The Wall Street Journal
“There’s so much dazzling stuff here, it can be hard to know where to look.”— The Sunday Times (London)
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