One of America’s preeminent storytellers, Xochitl Gonzalez is a bestselling author, renowned journalist, screenwriter and producer.

She is the New York Times bestselling author of Anita de Monte Laughs Last, a Reese's Book Club Pick longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize, and Olga Dies Dreaming, the award-winning debut named a Best of 2022 by The New York Times, TIME, Kirkus, Washington Post, and NPR. A staff writer for The Atlantic, she was recognized as a 2023 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Commentary. A native Brooklynite and proud public school graduate, Gonzalez holds a BA from Brown University and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.

Her forthcoming novel, Last Night in Brooklyn, is out on April 21 with Flatiron Books. NEED/BLIND, her upcoming memoir on class, is out Jan’27.