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Writing alum Rachel Kushner ’01 was officially confirmed to the 2024 Booker Prize shortlist on Monday, for her novel Creation Lake.
Journalist and Nonfiction student Carlos Barragán has sold his debut book The Yahoo Boys to FSG in a pre-emptive deal. The book is a nonfiction portrait of the “Yahoo Boys,” tech-savvy young men in Nigeria who make a living conducting online romance scams, targeting lonely victims often from the United States.
I Leave It Up to You, the sophomore novel from Writing alum Jinwoo Chong ’21, is set to release on March 4, 2025 from Ballantine Books.
These works of historical fiction, all by Columbia alumni, provide fascinating windows into life long ago, with plenty of wisdom for our current age.
Late Writing professor Rebecca Godfrey tragically passed away in 2022 after a long battle with cancer, leaving behind an unfinished novel about the life of art heiress and gallerist Peggy Guggenheim. With the help of friend and fellow writer, Associate Professor Leslie Jamison, Peggy has now been released by Random House.
Writing alumna Kristin Vukovic '09 has published her debut novel The Cheesemaker’s Daughter (Regalo Press, 2024).
Writing alumnus John O’Connor ’03 has published The Secret History of Bigfoot: Field Notes on a North American Monster (Sourcebooks, 2024). The nonfiction book is a heartfelt exploration of a cornerstone of American folklore, unpacking why we believe in the things that we do, what that says about us, and how it shapes our world.
Nonfiction alumna Padya Paramita ’22 has sold her debut novel, Appetite, to Dial Press.
In The Secret History of Bigfoot, journalist John O’Connor ’03 explores the mystery and legacy of the North American sasquatch.
Poetry student Calleja Smiley Welsh has been awarded the inaugural Richard Howard Memorial Prize in Poetry, named after late Writing professor and beloved mentor Richard Howard.
Writing alumna Anna Monardo ’83 has published a new book, After Italy: A Family Memoir of Arranged Marriage. This memoir is her first nonfiction book after her novels The Courtyard of Dreams and Falling In Love with Natassia.
Writing alumna E.J. Koh ’13 has won the 2024 NYPL Young Lions Award for her novel, The Liberators (Tin House Books, 2023).
