Susan Choi
American novelist whose A Person of Interest and American Woman explore American history and identity with formal sophistication. Trust Exercise won the National Book Award in 2019. She is one of the most formally ambitious novelists working in America.
Works
- The Foreign StudentNovel about Korean exchange student and American professor during Cold War era
- American WomanHistorical novel following woman involved in radical movements during 1970s activism
- A Person of InterestNovel about woman accused of terrorism and her entanglement in espionage
- My EducationNovel exploring intellectual romance and institutional power dynamics in academia
- Trust ExerciseNovel about theatrical deception and manipulation set in elite prep school