Andrea Long Chu

Andrea Long Chu
Born1992 (age 31–32)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
Education
Period2018–present
SubjectLiterary criticism; trans rights
Notable works
  • "On Liking Women"
  • Females
  • "Freedom of Sex"
Website
www.andrealongchu.com

Andrea Long Chu (born 1992) is an American writer and critic. Chu has written for such publications as n+1 and The New York Times, and various academic journals including Differences, Women & Performance, and Transgender Studies Quarterly.[1] Chu's first book, Females, was published in 2019 by Verso Books and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. In 2021, she joined the staff at New York magazine as a book critic.[2]

Chu received the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2023 for "book reviews that scrutinize authors as well as their works, using multiple cultural lenses to explore some of society's most fraught topics."[3] She is a transgender woman.[4]

  1. ^ "Andrea Long Chu Joins New York Magazine as Book Critic". New York Press Room. October 27, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
  2. ^ Blanchard 2018.
  3. ^ "Here are the winners of the 2023 Pulitzer Prizes". NPR. May 8, 2023.
  4. ^ Thom 2018.