Rachel Kushner

Rachel Kushner’s second novel, The Flamethrowers, was shortlisted for the 2013 National Book Award and featured in the New York Times’ Top Ten Books of 2013. It was named the Times Critics’ Choice and topped numerous lists of the Best Books of 2013, including those of the BBC, Time, Vogue, Oprah, Slate, the Guardian, and the New Yorker. New York magazine named it the number one book of 2013. Kushner’s first novel, *Telex from Cuba*, was shortlisted for the 2008 National Book Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, whilst winning the California Book Award and the New York Times Notable Book Award. Kushner is the only author to have been shortlisted for the National Book Award for both her first and second novels. Her fiction and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, the Financial Times, The Paris Review, and Art Forum. She is a 2013 Guggenheim Fellow.