Tess Gunty | |
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Born | 1993 (age 30–31) South Bend, Indiana, U.S. |
Occupation | Novelist |
Education | University of Notre Dame (BA) New York University (MFA) |
Genre | Fiction |
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Tess Gunty (born 1993) is an American novelist.[1] Her debut novel, The Rabbit Hutch, won the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction.[2][3][4]
Gunty was born and raised in South Bend, Indiana.[1][5] She graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Arts in English and from New York University with a Masters in Fine Arts degree in creative writing.[6][7]
Gunty's first novel, The Rabbit Hutch, was published by Knopf on August 2, 2022, and was awarded the National Book Award for Fiction in November 2022.[8][2] It received generally favorable reviews from critics.[9][10] The novel also received the inaugural Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize.[11] It was a finalist for the 2023 John Leonard Prize, awarded by the National Book Critics Circle for a first book in any genre.[12]
Year | Work | Award | Result | Ref | |
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2022 | The Rabbit Hutch | Barnes & Noble Discover Award | — | Won | [1] |
National Book Award | Fiction | Won | [2] | ||
National Book Critics Circle Award | John Leonard Prize | Shortlisted | [13] | ||
Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize | — | Won | [14][15][6] |