Tess Gunty

Tess Gunty (born 1993) is an American novelist.^[1] Her debut novel, The Rabbit Hutch, won the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction and the Indiana Authors Awards in 2024.^[2][3][4][5]

Tess Gunty
Gunty in 2022
Born	1993 (age 31–32) South Bend, Indiana, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist
Education	University of Notre Dame (BA) New York University (MFA)
Genre	Fiction
Website
www.tessgunty.com

Early life and education

Gunty was born and raised in South Bend, Indiana.^[1][6] She graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Arts in English and from New York University with a Masters in Fine Arts degree in creative writing.^[7][8]

Career

Gunty's first novel, The Rabbit Hutch, was published by Knopf on August 2, 2022, and was awarded the National Book Award for Fiction in November 2022.^[9][3] It received generally favorable reviews from critics.^[10][11] The novel also received the inaugural Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize.^[12] It was a finalist for the 2022 John Leonard Prize, awarded by the National Book Critics Circle for a first book in any genre.^[13]

Awards

Year	Work	Award		Result	Ref
2022	The Rabbit Hutch	Barnes & Noble Discover Award	—	Won	[1]
		National Book Award	Fiction	Won	[3]
		National Book Critics Circle Award	John Leonard Prize	Shortlisted	[14]
		Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize	—	Won	[15][16][7]
2023		BookTube Prize	Fiction	Octofinalist
		British Book Award	Début Fiction	Shortlisted	[17]
		Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award	—	Shortlisted	[18]
2024		Indiana Authors Awards	Fiction	Won	[2]

Works

Books

• —— (2022). The Rabbit Hutch (hardcover 1st ed.). Knopf. ISBN 9780593534663.
• —— (2025). Honeydew (1st ed.). (forthcoming)^[19]