Claire Luchette

{{Short description|American author}}

{{infobox writer

|name=Claire Luchette

|birth_place=Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

|occupation=Author

|nationality=American

|education=Brown University
University of Oregon (MFA)

|awards=Pushcart Prize (2020)

}}

Claire Luchette is an American author. They published their first novel, Agatha of Little Neon, in 2021, a book featuring Sisters of the Catholic church.{{Cite news |last=Ruta |first=Domenica |date=2021-08-03 |title=Four Nuns and a Halfway House for Recovering Addicts |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/books/review/agatha-of-little-neon-claire-luchette.html |access-date=2022-04-14 |issn=0362-4331}} Luchette was honored with a "5 under 35" designation by the National Book Foundation in 2021{{Cite web |date=2021-12-03 |title=Review: Two new novels show the hidden lives of nuns |url=https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2021/12/03/matrix-little-neon-review-nuns-241948 |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=America Magazine |language=en}} and was a 2020 National Endowment for the Arts Fellow{{Cite web |date=2022-04-13 |title=The National Book Foundation has announced this year's 5 Under 35. |url=https://lithub.com/the-national-book-foundation-has-announced-this-years-5-under-35/ |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=Literary Hub |language=en-US}} and a 2020 [https://www.jamesmerrillhouse.org/fellows James Merrill House Fellow] in Stonington, CT. Before publishing their first novel, Luchette's short story "New Bees" won a 2020 Pushcart Prize.{{Cite web |title=Claire Luchette, next fellow at James Merrill House, to host virtual reading |url=https://www.thewesterlysun.com/lifestyle/entertainment/claire-luchette-next-fellow-at-james-merrill-house-to-host-virtual-reading/article_50420174-c2da-11ea-9852-3b6cd8f64450.html |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=Westerly Sun |date=15 July 2020 |language=en}}

Luchette attended Brown University as an undergraduate where they studied English. Later, Luchette received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Oregon.{{Cite web |title=Claire Luchette {{!}} Authors |url=https://us.macmillan.com/author/claireluchette |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=Macmillan |language=en-US}} They are a Chicago native and currently live in New York.{{Cite news |title=In 'Agatha Of Little Neon,' Four Young Nuns Go To Help Others, And Find Themselves |language=en |work=NPR.org |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/07/31/1023146058/in-agatha-of-little-neon-four-young-nuns-go-to-help-others-and-find-themselves |access-date=2022-04-14}}