Gary Shteyngart
Gary Shteyngart is an American satirical novelist born in Leningrad, USSR, who emigrated to the United States in 1979.
His work characteristically invents elaborately fictitious yet oddly familiar worlds to explore contemporary American society.
His debut novel, The Russian Debutante's Handbook (2002), won the Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction and the National Jewish Book Award.
Known for prescient social commentary, his previous novels include Super Sad True Love Story, Lake Success, and Our Country Friends.
He has also written for HBO's Succession and won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize.
Critics praise his ability to capture timely cultural moments while addressing timeless human absurdities.
