Kashana Cauley
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Kashana Cauley is an American writer. She is a writer for the Fox animated series The Great North as well as a former staff writer for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. She is also a former contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, and has written for The Atlantic, Esquire, The New Yorker, Pitchfork, and Rolling Stone, among other publications, as well as for Pod Save America on HBO.[1][2][3] Cauley's debut novel The Survivalists (2023) was longlisted for the 2023 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.[4][1]
Life and career
Originally from Madison, Wisconsin, Cauley is a former Midtown antitrust lawyer and Brooklyn, New York resident, leaving that profession to pursue a career in comedy and social commentary.[3][5] She currently resides in Los Angeles, California.[3]
In 2016, Cauley published an article in The Atlantic about her experience with the anti-vaccination movement in the 1990s, after which she began to receive requests to write about other topics, as well as received a request to write for the Daily Show, where she was nominated for a WGA Award.[3][6] Her satire focuses on systemic injustice and problems with American life and society.[3][7]
In January 2023, Cauley published her debut novel, The Survivalists, which received a Winter/Spring 2023 Indies Introduce adult selection and a January 2023 Indie Next List selection.[2][8][9] The Survivalists was favorably reviewed by The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and The Wall Street Journal.[10][11][12] It was named a Best Book of 2023 by The Today Show, Vogue, Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, Kirkus, and BBC.[13] It was longlisted for the 2023 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.[4]
Publications
- The Survivalists, Soft Skull Press. January 2023. ISBN 978-1-59376-727-3.
References
External links
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