The voices of Novirra
58 real authors behind the books on our reading list - 29 established names and 29 rising voices we're helping introduce to a wider audience, from every corner of the literary world.
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Novelist · United States
Citizen of the Cherokee Nation and a National Book Award finalist for 'Where the Dead Sit Talking'. He teaches creative writing at New Mexico State University and at the Institute of American Indian Arts.
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Novelist · United States
American novelist born in Mississippi in 1985, winner of a Whiting Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship. 'Biography of X' won the Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize and was named a New York Times Notable Book.
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Novelist and short-story writer · United States
American writer and holder of the James A. Michener Chair in Fiction at the University of Texas at Austin. A National Book Award finalist for 'The Giant's House'.
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Novelist and poet · Spain
Catalan writer from Barcelona who published ten volumes of poetry before turning to fiction. 'Boulder' was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2023.
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Novelist and poet · Bulgaria
Bulgaria's most translated contemporary writer. 'Time Shelter', translated by Angela Rodel, won the International Booker Prize in 2023.
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Novelist and memoirist · United Kingdom
Libyan-American writer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography for 'The Return'. He is a professor at Barnard College and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize with 'In the Country of Men'.
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Novelist · United States
Jamaican-American writer from Miami, author of 'If I Survive You', which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2023. He is a former Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford.
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Novelist and journalist · United Kingdom
Venezuelan writer and journalist living in Madrid since 2006. Her debut 'It Would Be Night in Caracas' has been translated into more than twenty languages.
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Novelist · United States
American novelist and, since 2006, director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop - the first woman and first person of colour to hold the post.
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Novelist · United States
A former Special Education Teacher for the Santa Fe Public Schools and an Art Tour Guide in Santa Fe, with a second career as a Real Estate Broker in Chicago. She now lives in northern Illinois, is an avid gardener, and is the author of 'High Desert Grave Robber'.
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Novelist · United Kingdom
Canadian novelist of Malaysian-Chinese descent. 'Do Not Say We Have Nothing' won the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor General's Award and was shortlisted for the Booker.
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Novelist · United Kingdom
French novelist and Arabic and Persian scholar who won the Prix Goncourt in 2015 for 'Boussole' ('Compass'). He lives between Barcelona and Berlin.
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Novelist · Poland
Polish writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2018 and the International Booker Prize for 'Flights'. Trained as a psychologist, she runs a foundation supporting writers in Wrocław.
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Novelist · United States
Enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. His debut 'There There' was a Pulitzer Prize finalist; he teaches at the Institute of American Indian Arts.
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Novelist · United States
Chinese-American writer with degrees from Harvard in chemistry and public health. Her debut 'Chemistry' won the PEN/Hemingway Award and she was a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree.
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Novelist · Palestine
Palestinian writer born in Galilee in 1974, author of 'Minor Detail' and 'Touch'. She has twice won the Qattan Young Writer's Award and holds a PhD from the University of East London; she divides her time between Berlin and Jerusalem.
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Novelist · Nigeria
Nigerian novelist twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize, for 'The Fishermen' and 'An Orchestra of Minorities'. He is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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Novelist · Nigeria
Nigerian novelist and professor of creative writing at George Mason University. He won the Caine Prize for African Writing and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for 'Waiting for an Angel'.
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Novelist and journalist · Algeria
Algerian-French journalist and novelist. 'The Meursault Investigation' won the Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman, and 'Houris' won the Prix Goncourt in 2024.
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Novelist · Morocco
Franco-Moroccan writer and journalist who won the Prix Goncourt in 2016 for 'Chanson douce' ('Lullaby'). She serves as President Macron's representative for the Francophonie.
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Novelist · Ethiopia
Ethiopian-American writer and Booker Prize finalist for 'The Shadow King'. She is a Guggenheim Fellow and teaches at Queens College, City University of New York.
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Short-story writer · Argentina
Argentine journalist and fiction writer from Buenos Aires, a central figure in Latin America's new gothic. 'The Dangers of Smoking in Bed' was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.
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Novelist · Ecuador
Ecuadorian writer born in Guayaquil in 1988, named one of Granta's Best Young Spanish-Language Novelists. 'Jawbone' was shortlisted for the Ladies' Prize for Fiction in translation lists worldwide.
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Novelist and critic · Zambia
Zambian writer and professor of English at Harvard University. 'The Old Drift' won the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and she is a Caine Prize laureate.
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Novelist and screenwriter · Iran
Iranian-French novelist and screenwriter who left Iran on horseback as a child. Her debut 'Disoriental' won the Prix du Style and the Albertine Prize.
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Novelist and actress · Chile
Chilean novelist, screenwriter and actress whose work confronts the Pinochet dictatorship. 'The Twilight Zone' was a National Book Award finalist for Translated Literature.
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Novelist and lawyer · Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean writer and international trade lawyer. Her debut collection 'An Elegy for Easterly' won the Guardian First Book Award.
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Novelist · Argentina
Argentine novelist, essayist and translator named one of Granta's Best Young Spanish-Language Novelists. Her work has appeared in The New York Times and Granta.
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Novelist · Australia
Born in Belgrade in 1985, she became the youngest winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction with 'The Tiger's Wife'. She teaches at Texas State University.
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Novelist · United States
American novelist and professor of creative writing at Providence College. Her third novel, 'The Wedding People', became a word-of-mouth bestseller in 2024; her essays and stories have appeared in McSweeney's, Vogue and Salon.
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Novelist and poet · United States
American poet, novelist and essayist born in Topeka, Kansas in 1979. A MacArthur Fellow and Distinguished Professor of English at Brooklyn College, he is the author of 'The Topeka School', '10:04' and 'Leaving the Atocha Station'.
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Novelist and physician · United States
American novelist and clinical professor of psychiatry at Stanford University. 'North Woods' was a New York Times Book of the Year and 'A Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth' was a Pulitzer Prize finalist.
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Novelist · United States
American novelist and essayist born in Boston in 1970, author of 'Caucasia' and 'Colored Television'. She teaches creative writing at the University of Southern California.
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Novelist · United States
Filipina-American writer raised in Queens, New York, and a graduate of the Columbia University MFA programme. Her debut 'Brown Girls' won the Whiting Award's attention and was longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.
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Novelist · France
French-Senegalese novelist and professor of eighteenth-century literature at the University of Pau. 'At Night All Blood Is Black' won the International Booker Prize in 2021.
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Novelist and poet · United States
American writer (1949-2017) whose 'Jesus' Son' became a touchstone of contemporary short fiction. He won the National Book Award for 'Tree of Smoke' and was twice a Pulitzer finalist.
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Novelist · Italy
The pseudonymous Italian author of the Neapolitan Quartet, whose identity has remained undisclosed since her 1992 debut. Her novels have been translated into more than forty languages by Europa Editions.
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Novelist · United States
Soviet-born American satirist, author of 'Super Sad True Love Story', 'Lake Success' and the memoir 'Little Failure'. He teaches at Columbia University.
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Short-story writer · United States
American writer, MacArthur Fellow and Booker Prize winner for 'Lincoln in the Bardo'. He has taught in the Syracuse University creative writing programme since 1997.
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Novelist and game designer · United Kingdom
Australian writer and game designer based in London, co-founder of the Now Play This festival. 'The Husbands' was her debut novel in 2024.
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Novelist and editor · United Kingdom
British-Cambodian writer and book editor in London. Her debut 'The Ministry of Time' won the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize and was a Sunday Times bestseller.
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Novelist · United Kingdom
British novelist awarded the Whitbread Book of the Year for 'Behind the Scenes at the Museum' and the Costa Novel Award for 'Life After Life'. She was appointed MBE in 2011.
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Novelist · United States
American novelist and Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate. Her debut 'Such a Fun Age' was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2020 and became a New York Times bestseller.
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Essayist and poet · United States
American writer and MacArthur Fellow whose 'The Argonauts' won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism. She is a professor at the University of Southern California.
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Writer and filmmaker · United States
American filmmaker, artist and writer. Her film 'Me and You and Everyone We Know' won the Caméra d'Or at Cannes; her novel 'All Fours' was a National Book Award finalist in 2024.
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Novelist · United States
American novelist and short-story writer, shortlisted for the Booker Prize for 'Eileen'. Her novel 'My Year of Rest and Relaxation' became a defining book of the late 2010s.
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Novelist · United States
American writer and former executive editor of Lucky Peach. 'Real Americans' was a 2024 bestseller; she founded The Ruby, a work and gathering space for women in San Francisco.
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Novelist · United States
Indian-American writer raised in Oman and a National Book Award finalist for her debut 'All This Could Be Different'. She founded the mutual-aid network Bed-Stuy Strong.
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Novelist · United States
American novelist who won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2019 for 'Trust Exercise'. She teaches fiction at Yale University.
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Novelist · Canada
Canadian novelist and professor at the University of Calgary. 'The Sleeping Car Porter' won the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2022.
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Novelist · United States
American author of 'Detransition, Baby', the first book by an openly transgender woman longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. She holds an MFA from the University of Iowa.
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Novelist and essayist · Germany
German writer and academic (1944-2001) who spent most of his career at the University of East Anglia. 'Austerlitz' won the National Book Critics Circle Award.
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Novelist · United States
American writer born in New York in 1990, whose debut 'Brother Alive' was a New York Times Editors' Choice. His fiction and essays have appeared in McSweeney's and The New York Times.
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Classical epic · Japan
'The Tale of the Heike' is a Japanese epic compiled in the early 13th century from oral accounts chanted by blind biwa players. Its authorship has never been settled, and it survives in dozens of variant manuscript lineages.
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Novelist and translator · Uruguay
Uruguayan-American writer and literary translator, author of 'Cantoras' and 'The Gods of Tango'. A Stonewall Book Award winner, she teaches at San Francisco State University.
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Novelist · Argentina
Argentine novelist, screenwriter and journalist, one of the most widely read crime writers in Latin America. 'Elena Knows' was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2022.
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Short-story writer · Malaysia
Malaysian Chinese-language writer whose collection 'Lake Like a Mirror' was translated by Natascha Bruce. She has won Taiwan's China Times and United Daily News literary awards.
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Novelist · South Korea
One of Korea's most celebrated novelists, imprisoned in the 1990s for an unauthorised visit to North Korea. 'Mater 2-10' was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2024.
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