Justin Torres

Justin Torres
Torres at Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2012
Born1980 (age 43–44)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationNovelist, writer
NationalityAmerican, Puerto Rican
EducationNew York University
The New School
The University of Iowa
Notable worksWe the Animals (2011)
Blackouts (2023)
Notable awardsFirst Novelist Award; National Book Award for Fiction
Website
www.justin-torres.com

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]

  1. ^ "'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.
  2. ^ "next-innovator-award-we-the-animals". www.sundance.org. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  3. ^ 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.