Rebecca Makkai

Rebecca Makkai is the author of several acclaimed novels, including T he Great Believers , which was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and winner of the ALA Carnegie Medal, the Stonewall Book Award, the Clark Prize, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; and it was chosen as one of the Ten Best Books of 2018 by the New York Times . She is a 2022 Guggenheim Fellow and is on the MFA faculties of the University of Nevada--Reno at Lake Tahoe and Northwestern...See more

Rebecca Makkai is the author of several acclaimed novels, including T he Great Believers , which was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and winner of the ALA Carnegie Medal, the Stonewall Book Award, the Clark Prize, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; and it was chosen as one of the Ten Best Books of 2018 by the New York Times . She is a 2022 Guggenheim Fellow and is on the MFA faculties of the University of Nevada--Reno at Lake Tahoe and Northwestern University. She is artistic director of StoryStudio Chicago. See less