Justin Torres | |
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 Torres at Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2012 | |
| Born | 1980 (age 43–44) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist, writer |
| Nationality | American, Puerto Rican |
| Education | New York University The New School The University of Iowa |
| Notable works | We the Animals (2011) Blackouts (2023) |
| Notable awards | First Novelist Award; National Book Award for Fiction |
| Website | |
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Justin Torres (born 1980) is an American novelist and an associate professor of English at University of California, Los Angeles.[1] He won the First Novelist Award for his semi-autobiographical debut novel We the Animals (2011), which was also a Publishing Triangle Award finalist and an NAACP Image Award nominee. The novel has been adapted into a film of the same title and was awarded the Next Innovator Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.[2] Torres' second novel, Blackouts, won the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction.[3]
- ^ "'The Way You Tell the Story': Justin Torres on Writing (Interview Series, The Poetry and Literature Center at the Library of Congress)". www.loc.gov. November 10, 2020. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
- ^ "next-innovator-award-we-the-animals". www.sundance.org. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
- ^ Harris, Elizabeth A.; Alter, Alexandra (November 15, 2023). "Justin Torres, Author of 'Blackouts,' Wins National Book Award for Fiction". The New York Times. Retrieved November 20, 2023.