Her first novel, Jillian, published in 2015, was called the “feelbad book of the year” by the Chicago Tribune. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Karan Mahajan was a finalist for the 2016 National Book award for fiction. He is the author of Family Planning and The Association of Small Bombs, which was a finalist for the 2016 National Book award for fiction. He won the 2007 Guardian First Book award and was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2012. Esmé Weijun Wang, 33, is a mental health advocate, essayist and the author of the novel The Border of Paradise.

Source: The Guardian April 26, 2017 15:18 UTC