Claire Messud

author of seven novels and an autobiography in essays; recipient of Guggenheim and Radcliffe Fellowships, and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and A PEN/Faulkner Award; named on many Book of the Year lists, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Vogue, NPR, Publishers Weekly, and Refinery29