A black-and-white portrait of a person with long hair tied back, wearing a blazer over a shirt. They are looking at the camera with a subtle smile against a plain dark background.

Claire Messud

Claire Messud is the author of six works of fiction. A recipient of Guggenheim and Radcliffe Fellowships and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she teaches at Harvard University and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.