Tommy Orange

Tommy Orange is the New York Times bestselling author of There There (Alfred A. Knopf), winner of the 2018 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. There There was longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction 2018, the Aspen Words Literary Prize, and the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction 2019. It was deemed a Top Five Fiction Book of the Year by The New York Times and won the John Leonard Award for Best First Book and the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel. There There was a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His next novel, Wandering Stars was published by Alfred A. Knopf in March 2024. (Photo credit: Michael Lionstar)