Rachel Cusk

Rachel Cusk (born 8 Feb 1967)[1] is a Canadian-born novelist and writer who lives and works in the United Kingdom.

Cusk was born in Canada in 1967 and spent much of her childhood in Los Angeles. She moved to the United Kingdom in 1974. She read English at New College, Oxford.

She is the author of eight novels and three works of non-fiction. She has won and been shortlisted for numerous prizes: her most recent novel, Outline (2014), was shortlisted for the Folio Prize,[2] the Goldsmiths Prize[3] and the Baileys prize.[4] In 2003, Rachel Cusk was nominated by Granta magazine as one of 20 'Best of Young British Novelists'.[5]

Cusk is married to the artist Siemon Scamell-Katz and lives in London with her two daughters.

Reviewing Cusk's novel Outline in the New York Times, Heidi Julavits writes: "While the narrator is rarely alone, reading Outline mimics the sensation of being underwater, of being separated from other people by a substance denser than air. But there is nothing blurry or muted about Cusk’s literary vision or her prose: Spend much time with this novel and you’ll become convinced she is one of the smartest writers alive."

Bibliography

Novels
Non-fiction
Introductions & Forewords

Awards and prizes

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ "Weekend Birthdays", The Guardian, p. 52, 8 Feb 2014
  2. ↑ "The Folio Prize announces 2015 shortlist". The Folio Prize. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  3. ↑ Flood, Alison (2014-10-01). "Goldsmiths book prize shortlist includes crowd-funded first novel". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  4. ↑ Flood, Alison (2015-04-13). "Baileys women's prize for fiction shortlists debut alongside star names". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  5. ↑ Granta list of Best Young British Novelists, 2003.
  6. ↑ The Scotiabank Giller Prize Presents Its 2015 Shortlist

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