American · b. 1974
Hanya Yanagihara's "A Little Life" was shortlisted for the 2015 Booker Prize and became a literary phenomenon, dividing readers with its relentless depiction of trauma and male friendship. The American author and editor-in-chief of T Magazine writes doorstop novels that demand total immersion. Her work refuses to look away from suffering, testing readers' capacity for emotional endurance.