Sigrid Nunez

Sigrid Nunez is the New York Times bestselling author of The Friend, winner of the 2018 National Book Award, and of seven other novels, including Salvation City, The Last of Her Kind, What Are You Going Through and The Vulnerables. She is also the author of Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag. Her books have been translated into over thirty languages and two of her books have recently been made into films: What Are You Going Through was the basis for Pedro Almodovar's The Room Next Door (starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore) and The Friend has been made into a film starring Naomi Watts.