Rachel Kushner
Biography
Rachel Kushner
Rachel Kushner is the author of CREATION LAKE, her latest novel; THE HARD CROWD, her acclaimed essay collection; and the internationally bestselling novels THE MARS ROOM, THE FLAMETHROWERS (named a Top 100 Best Book of the 21st Century by The New York Times) and TELEX FROM CUBA, as well as a book of short stories, THE STRANGE CASE OF RACHEL K. She has won the Prix Médicis and been a finalist for the Booker Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Folio Prize, and was twice a finalist for the National Book Award in Fiction. She is a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow and the recipient of the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her books are translated into 27 languages.
Rachel Kushner