Katherine Faw (born July 17, 1983), formerly Katherine Faw Morris, is an American writer. ''Young God'', her debut novel, was long-listed for the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize and named a best book of the year by ''The Times Literary Supplement'', ''The Houston Chronicle'', and ''BuzzFeed''. In ''The Guardian'',

Eimear McBride Eimear McBride (born 16 April 1976) is an Irish novelist, whose debut novel, ''A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing'', won the inaugural Goldsmiths Prize in 2013 and the 2014 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Published works McBride wrote ''A Girl Is ...

wrote ''Young God'' was "likely to leave even the sturdiest stunned." ''Elle'' called it "seductive … Reading ''Young God'' is like having a bottle rocket go off in your hands." Faw was born in

Wilkesboro, North Carolina Wilkesboro is a town in and the county seat of Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,687 at the 2020 census. The town is located along the south bank of the Yadkin River, directly opposite the town of North Wilkesbor ...

. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Publications

*''Young God.''

Farrar, Straus and Giroux Farrar, Straus and Giroux (FSG) is an American book publishing company, founded in 1946 by Roger Williams Straus Jr. and John C. Farrar. FSG is known for publishing literary books, and its authors have won numerous awards, including Pulitzer ...

. 2014. *''Ultraluminous''. MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2017.

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* 1983 births Living people 21st-century American writers 21st-century American women writers {{US-writer-stub