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Rachel Cusk

Canada (b.1967)

Rachel Cusk was born in Canada in 1967 and spent much of her childhood in Los Angeles before attending a convent school in England. She studied English at New College, Oxford, and has travelled extensively in Spain and Central America.

Genres: Literary Fiction

Series

Outline
   1. Outline (2014)
   2. Transit (2016)
   3. Kudos (2018)

Novels

   Saving Agnes (1993)
   The Temporary (1995)
   The Country Life (1997)
   The Lucky Ones (2003)
   In the Fold (2005)
   Arlington Park (2006)
   The Bradshaw Variations (2009)
   Second Place (2021)

Plays

Medea (2015)

Non fiction

   A Life's Work (2001)
   The Last Supper (2009)
   Aftermath (2012)
   Coventry (2019)

Awards

	Whitbread Prize Best First Novel winner (1993) : Saving Agnes
	Whitbread Prize Best Novel nominee (2003) : The Lucky Ones
	Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2005) : In the Fold
	Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Best Book nominee (2007) : Arlington Park
	Women's Prize For Fiction Best Novel nominee (2007) : Arlington Park
	Goldsmiths Prize Best Book nominee (2014) : Outline
	Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Best Book nominee (2015) : Outline
	Rathbone Folio Prize Best Book nominee (2015) : Outline
	Women's Prize For Fiction Best Novel nominee (2015) : Outline
	Goldsmiths Prize Best Book nominee (2016) : Transit
	Goldsmiths Prize Best Book nominee (2018) : Kudos
	Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2021) : Second Place

Rachel Cusk recommends

Circles Around the Sun (2011)
Molly McCloskey
"An extravagantly gifted writer."

Shelter in Place (2020)
David Leavitt
"Very funny and unexpected, a material response to our times, plush as velvet."

Non-Fiction (2022)
Julie Myerson
"[A] glitteringly painful novel, so steady and clear in its analysis of addiction, creativity, and the factors that determine female and familial identity."

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