Since she began writing fiction outside of her work as the editor-in-chief of T Magazine, a role she’s held since 2017, Hanya Yanagihara has earned praise for her novels from readers and critics alike. Her debut novel, The People in the Trees, was lauded as one of the best books of 2013, but it was her sophomore work, A Little Life, that cemented her status as a major American novelist.

Now a contemporary classic discussed in college courses as well as in Kaia Gerber’s book club, the novel won the 2015 Kirkus Prize and was a finalist for the Booker Prize and National Book Award. And although all 814 pages of A Little Life were written in a 18-month sprint, it has been over five years since we’ve heard from Yanagihara on the book front. That is, until now.

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