Lauren Wilkinson earned an MFA in fiction and literary translation from Columbia University, and has taught writing at Columbia and FIT. The novel follows Marie, a young black woman in the FBI during the Cold War who, despite herself, joins a mission to undermine Burkina Faso's revolutionary president.

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Wilkinson splits her time between New York and Los Angeles, to work as a screenwriter for television shows near Hollywood. The New York Times selected American Spy for its '100 Notable Books of 2019,' and it was the June 2020 selection for the PBS NewsHour- New York Times book club. In August 2019, Barack Obama included American Spy on his summer reading list. Michael Schaub, writing for NPR, called it an 'expertly written spy thriller' and a 'deeply intelligent literary novel', highlighting its discussion of challenging topics about politics and social dynamics, and Washington Post's Maureen Corrigan said that it was 'extraordinary in a lot of ways'.

It was also included by The Huffington Post in its '61 Books We're looking forward to Reading in 2019' Upon release, it received acclaim. Her fiction and essays have appeared in or are forthcoming from Granta, The Believer, and The Millions, among other publications.Īmerican Spy received praise ahead of its release and was a Spring 2019 Barnes & Noble “Discover Great New Writers” pick. She was a 2013 Center for Fiction Emerging Writer's Fellow, and has received support from both the MacDowell Colony and the Djerassi Resident Artists Program. Wilkinson has taught writing at Columbia University and the Fashion Institute of Technology. She earned an MFA in fiction and literary translation from Columbia University. Her debut novel American Spy was published by Random House in February 2019 in the US and in July 2019 in the UK via Dialogue Books ( Little, Brown ). Lauren Wilkinson is an American fiction writer.

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