Tess Gunty
{{Short description|American novelist}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Tess Gunty
| image = Tess Gunty.jpg
| caption = Gunty in 2022
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1993}}
| birth_place = South Bend, Indiana, U.S.
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| occupation = Novelist
| education = University of Notre Dame (BA)
New York University (MFA)
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| genre = Fiction
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| website = {{URL|https://www.tessgunty.com/}}
}}
Tess Gunty (born 1993) is an American novelist.{{Cite web |last=Pineda |first=Dorany |date=2022-07-28 |title=How an L.A. writer distilled American hope and despair into summer's big literary debut |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2022-07-28/how-an-l-a-writer-distilled-american-hope-and-despair-into-summers-biggest-literary-debut |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} Her debut novel, The Rabbit Hutch, won the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction and the Indiana Authors Awards in 2024.{{Cite web |last=Hughes |first=Andrew S. |title=South Bend native Tess Gunty's 'The Rabbit Hutch' wins in the Indiana Authors Awards |url=https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/entertainment/2024/08/21/2024-eugene-marilyn-glick-indiana-authors-awards-fiction-prize-goes-to-tess-gunty-the-rabbit-hutch/74886525007/ |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=South Bend Tribune |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Tess Gunty |url=https://www.nationalbook.org/people/tess-gunty/ |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=National Book Foundation |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Harris |first=Elizabeth A. |date=October 4, 2022 |title=Here Are This Year's National Book Award Finalists |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/books/national-book-award-finalists.html |access-date=November 17, 2022}}{{Cite news |date=November 16, 2022 |title=Tess Gunty's novel 'The Rabbit Hutch' wins National Book Award for fiction |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/11/16/1137331400/novelist-tess-gunty-wins-national-book-award-for-fiction |website=NPR |agency=Associated Press |access-date=November 17, 2022}}
Early life and education
Gunty was born and raised in South Bend, Indiana.{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Hephzibah |date=2022-07-16 |title=Tess Gunty: 'I was an almost freakishly devout child' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jul/16/tess-gunty-the-rabbit-hutch-interview-i-was-an-almost-freakishly-devout-child |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=the Guardian |language=en}} She graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Arts in English and from New York University with a Masters in Fine Arts degree in creative writing.{{Cite web |last=Hodges |first=Dylan Lee |date=2022-08-01 |title=Down The Rabbit Hole With Tess Gunty |url=https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/arts-and-culture/books-tv-and-radio/down-the-rabbit-hole-with-tess-gunty |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=Indianapolis Monthly |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Greenblatt |first=Leah |date=2022-08-02 |title=One Apartment Building, Many Lives |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/02/books/review/tess-gunty-rabbit-hutch.html |access-date=2022-10-30 |issn=0362-4331}}
Career
Gunty's first novel, The Rabbit Hutch, was published by Knopf on August 2, 2022, and was awarded the National Book Award for Fiction in November 2022.{{Cite news |last=Italie |first=Hillel |date=November 16, 2022 |title=Tess Gunty, Imani Perry Among National Book Awards Winners |work=Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-17/novelist-tess-gunty-wins-national-book-award-for-fiction?leadSource=uverify%20wall |access-date=November 17, 2022}} It received generally favorable reviews from critics.{{Cite news |last=Ditum |first=Sarah |date=August 3, 2022 |title=The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty review – a riveting debut about love and cruelty |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/03/the-rabbit-hutch-by-tess-gunty-review-a-riveting-debut-about-love-and-cruelty |access-date=November 17, 2022}}{{Cite news |last=Price |first=Emily |date=August 15, 2022 |title=The Rabbit Hutch Is a Frenetic Debut About Alienation |work=Paste Magazine |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/books/tess-gunty/the-rabbit-hutch-review-tess-gunty/ |access-date=November 17, 2022}} The novel also received the inaugural Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize.{{cite news |last1=Sheehan |first1=Dan |date=26 August 2022 |title=Tess Gunty has won the inaugural Waterstones debut fiction prize. |work=Literary Hub |url=https://lithub.com/tess-gunty-has-won-the-inaugural-waterstones-debut-fiction-prize/ |access-date=12 October 2022}} It was a finalist for the 2022 John Leonard Prize, awarded by the National Book Critics Circle for a first book in any genre.{{Cite web |last=Varno |first=David |date=2023-02-01 |title=NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR PUBLISHING YEAR 2022 |url=https://www.bookcritics.org/2023/01/31/national-book-critics-circle-announces-finalists-for-publishing-year-2022/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=National Book Critics Circle |language=en-US}}
Awards
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!Year !Work ! colspan="2" |Award !Result !{{Abbr|Ref |
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! rowspan="4" |2022
| rowspan="8" |The Rabbit Hutch
|Barnes & Noble Discover Award
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|{{Won}}
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|{{Won}}
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|National Book Critics Circle Award
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|Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize
|{{Em dash}}
|{{Won}}
|{{Cite news |last=Doyle |first=Martin |date=2022-07-21 |title=Louise Kennedy on Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize shortlist; Margaret Atwood at Clifden festival |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2022/07/21/louise-kennedy-on-waterstones-debut-fiction-prize-shortlist-margaret-atwood-at-clifden-festival/ |access-date=2022-07-23 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Shaffi |first=Sarah |date=2022-07-20 |title=Shortlist announced for Waterstones debut fiction prize |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jul/21/shortlist-announced-for-waterstones-debut-fiction-prize |access-date=2022-07-23 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}
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! rowspan="3" |2023
|BookTube Prize
|Fiction
|{{nom|Octofinalist}}
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|Début Fiction
|{{Sho}}
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||Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award
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!2024
|Fiction
|{{Won}}
|}
Works
= Books =
- {{Cite book |last=G |first=Tess |title=The Rabbit Hutch |publisher=Knopf |year=2022 |isbn=9780593534663 |edition=hardcover 1st |language=en |author-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book |last=G |first=Tess |title=Honeydew |publisher= |year=2025 |edition=1st |author-mask=2}} (forthcoming){{Cite web |date=2022-11-15 |title=Tess Gunty - Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau |url=https://www.prhspeakers.com/speaker/tess-gunty |access-date=2024-03-10 |language=en-US}}
References
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{{NBA for Fiction 2000–2024}}
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Category:New York University alumni
Category:21st-century American women writers
Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:Writers from South Bend, Indiana
Category:National Book Award winners
Category:Novelists from Indiana
Category:American women novelists