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Jenny Offill


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Jenny Offill is an American author born in Massachusetts. Her first novel Last Things was published in 1999 was a New York Times Notable book and a finalist for the L.A Times First Book Award.

She is also the co-editor with Elissa Schappell of two anthologies of essays and the author of several children's books She teaches in the MFA programs at Brooklyn College, Columbia University and Queens University.
 

Genres: Literary Fiction
 
Novels
   Last Things (1998)
   Dept. of Speculation (2014)
   Weather (2020)
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Old Crimes (2024)
Jill McCorkle
"A splendid, wide-ranging collection that once again proves McCorkle is a master of the form."
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Last Acts (2024)
Alexander Sammartino
"It's hard to believe Last Acts is a first novel. Sammartino's brilliance and originality shine out from every page of this masterful debut."
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Two Nurses, Smoking (2022)
David Means
"David Means's new stories are filled with sly wit and quiet brilliance. I left them feeling as if I'd traveled across vast territories of longing and loss led by an expert guide."

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Awards
PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction Best Book nominee (2015) : Dept. of Speculation
Rathbone Folio Prize Best Book nominee (2015) : Dept. of Speculation
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards Best Book nominee (2016) : Dept. of Speculation
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Best Book nominee (2020) : Weather
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing Best Book nominee (2020) : Weather
Women's Prize For Fiction Best Novel nominee (2020) : Weather


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