Ottessa Charlotte Moshfegh (/ oʊ ˈ t ɛ s ə ˈ m ɒ ʃ f ɛ ɡ /; [1] [2] born May 20, 1981) is an American author and novelist. [3] Her debut novel, Eileen (2015), won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and was a fiction finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. [4]

May 20, 1981 · Ottessa Moshfegh is a fiction writer from New England. Eileen, her first novel, was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Man Booker Prize, and won the PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction. My Year of Rest and Relaxation and Death in Her Hands, her second and third novels, were New York Times bestsellers.

Ottessa Moshfegh (born May 20, 1981, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.) is an American writer who is known for novels and short stories that feature bitterly introspective, isolated protagonists, most often young women, living on the outskirts of society.

Jun 4, 2020 · Novelist Ottessa Moshfegh with her dog, Jewely, looks out the window of her home at the base of the Angeles National Forest.

Nov 27, 2023 · Ottessa Moshfegh, the author of ‘Eileen’ and ‘My Year of Rest and Relaxation’, shares five must-reads, from ‘Rebecca’ to ‘I’m A Fan’.

4 days ago · Ottessa Moshfegh has written a book of short stories for Prada, starring Carey Mulligan ‘Stories of women, invented by a woman,’ says Prada of the project, which sees ‘My Year of Rest and Relaxation’ author Ottessa Moshfegh imagine lives for the ten characters portrayed by Carey Mulligan in the house’s Steven Meisel-shot S/S 2025 ...

Complete order of Ottessa Moshfegh books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.

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7 hours ago · Carey Mulligan, Sadie Sink & More Celebrate Prada’s Book With Ottessa Moshfegh. Leigh Nordstrom. Fri, February 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM UTC. 1 min read.

My Year of Rest and Relaxation is a 2018 novel by American author Ottessa Moshfegh.Moshfegh's second novel, it is set in New York City in 2000 and 2001 and follows an unnamed protagonist as she gradually escalates her use of prescription medications in an attempt to sleep for an entire year.