Granta’s list of the best young American novelists

Once a decade, Granta picks the most-promising authors under 40 in the US and UK. Here are the 21 young American writers to watch this decadeThe age of anxiety: what does Granta’s list say about America?Jesse Ball, 38, was born in New York and has published six novels, a number of poetry and prose collections, a book of drawings and a pedagogical monograph, Notes on My Dunce Cap. Ball currently teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.Halle Butler, 31, is a Chicago-based writer. Her first novel, Jillian, published in 2015, was called the “feelbad book of the year” by the Chicago Tribune. Related: My life before writing: Emma Cline on being a child actor Related: Lauren Groff: How two novels became one, 'in the shape of a marriage' Related: Greg Jackson: 'Writing a novel is like an interminable family vacation' Related: Ottessa Moshfegh interview: ‘Eileen started out as a joke – also I’m broke, also I want to be famous’ Related: Claire Vaye Watkins: ‘How come nobody’s ever having sex in the apocalypse?’ Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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