Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh
Born Boston, Massachusetts
Occupation Novelist, writer
Nationality American
Genre Fiction
Notable works McGlue

Ottessa Moshfegh is an American author and novelist.[1] She received the Plimpton Prize for Fiction from The Paris Review in 2013.[2]

Life

Moshfegh was born in Boston, Massachusetts.

Career

Moshfegh is a frequent contributor to the Paris Review; she has published six stories in the journal since 2012.[3] Fence Books published her novella, McGlue, in 2014, as the inaugural winner of the Fence Modern Prize in Prose judged by Rivka Galchen. It was shortlisted for the Believer Book Award.

Bibliography

References

  1. Novak, Joanna (3 November 2014). "Ottessa Moshfegh Is the Next Big Thing, and Here Are 7 Reasons Why" (in English). Bustle. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  2. Stein, Lorin. "Ottessa Moshfegh". BOMB Magazine. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  3. Stein, Lorin (28 October 2014). "Ottessa Moshfegh by Lorin Stein" (in English). BOMB Magazine. Retrieved 14 April 2015.