Hanya Yanagihara
AmericanLiterary FictionContemporary Fictionb. 1974
Hanya Yanagihara (born September 20, 1974) is an American novelist, editor, and travel writer. She grew up in Hawaii and has worked as an editor and writer for Condé Nast Traveler and as an editor at T: The New York Times Style Magazine. She is best known for her novels The People in the Trees (2013), A Little Life (2015) — which received widespread critical attention — and To Paradise (2022).
Awards
['Kirkus Prize (Fiction, 2015)', 'Man Booker Prize (shortlisted, 2015)', 'National Book Award (finalist, 2015)', "Women's Prize for Fiction (shortlisted, 2016)"]
Notable Works
['The People in the Trees', 'A Little Life', 'To Paradise']
