Rita Bullwinkel

Rita Bullwinkel is an American author who is known for her 2024 debut novel Headshot, which was longlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize.[1] She is also the author of the 2018 collection of short stories Belly Up, which was awarded a Whiting Award in 2022.[2][3]

Bullwinkle is a professor at the University of San Francisco where she teaches creative writing. Her other works have appeared in literary journals including The White Review, BOMB, NOON and Guernica.[4] In 2024, Bullwinkel became the editor of the literary magazine McSweeney's Quarterly after having served an editor at large since 2016.[5]

  1. ^ "Headshot, Written by Rita Bullwinkel". The Booker Prizes.
  2. ^ Sanchez, Fi O'Rielly (April 6, 2022). "2022 Whiting Awards celebrate 10 emerging writers". NPR.org.
  3. ^ "Rita Bullwinkel". www.whiting.org.
  4. ^ "Rita Bullwinkel Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com.
  5. ^ "Announcing the Next Editor of McSweeney's Quarterly - McSweeney's Internet Tendency". McSweeney's Internet Tendency.