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Curtis Sittenfeld


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Curtis Sittenfeld is the author of the bestselling novels Prep and The Man of My Dreams, which are being translated into twenty-five languages. Prep also was chosen as one of the Ten Best Books of 2005 by The New York Times, nominated for the UK's Orange Prize, and optioned by Paramount Pictures. Curtis won the Seventeen magazine fiction writing contest in 1992, at age sixteen, and since then her writing has appeared in many publications, including The Atlantic Monthly, Salon, Glamour, and on public radio's This American Life. A graduate of Stanford University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she was the 2002 - 2003 writer in residence at St. Albans School in Washington, D.C.
 


Genres: Literary Fiction
 
New and upcoming books
February 2025

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Show Don't Tell
 
Novels
   Prep (2005)
   The Man of My Dreams (2006)
   American Wife (2008)
   Sisterland (2013)
   Rodham (2020)
   Romantic Comedy (2023)
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Collections
   You Think It, I'll Say It (2018)
   Help Yourself (2020)
   Show Don't Tell (2025)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   A Regular Couple (2012)
   Atomic Marriage (2019)
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Books containing stories by Curtis Sittenfeld
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The Best American Short Stories 2018 (2018)
(Best American Short Stories)
edited by
Roxane Gay
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The Best American Short Stories 2017 (2017)
(Best American Short Stories)
edited by
Meg Wolitzer
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By the Book (2014)
Writers On Literature and the Literary Life
edited by
Pamela Paul

Curtis Sittenfeld recommends
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Brotherless Night (2023)
V V Ganeshananthan
"Stunningly great."
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The Body in Question (2019)
Jill Ciment
"Excellent . . . short and brisk, propelled by the suspense of multiple questions . . . deft and gripping."
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The Caregiver (2018)
Samuel Park
"A rich and poignant tale of human nature at its best and worst, depicted with elegance and compassion."

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