Kaitlyn Greenidge

Kaitlyn Greenidge is an American writer. She received a 2017 Whiting Award for Fiction for her debut novel, We Love You, Charlie Freeman.[1]

Kaitlyn Greenidge
Greenidge at Cambridge Friends School in 2019
BornBoston, Massachusetts
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
EducationHunter College (MFA)
GenreLiterary fiction
SubjectCulture, society, reviews
Notable worksWe Love You, Charlie Freeman
Notable awardsWhiting Award for Fiction (2017)
Children1
Website
www.kaitlyngreenidge.com

Life and career

Greenidge was born in Boston and raised in the neighboring communities of Somerville and Arlington.[2][3] She has two sisters.[4] She received her MFA from Hunter College. Greenidge resides in Brooklyn with her husband and daughter (b. 2019).[5]

Greenidge has written nonfiction for outlets such as Elle.com, Vogue, The New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal.[6][7] In September 2020 she was hired as features director for Harper's Bazaar.[8]

Books

Greenidge's debut novel, We Love You, Charlie Freeman, was released in 2016. It tells the story of an African American family, the Freemans, who adopt a chimpanzee and raise it as a family member for an institutional research project.[1] The book received positive critical reception; it was called "masterful"[9] in a Paste review, and a "vivid and poignant coming-of-age story"[10] by Kirkus. Greenidge received a 2017 Whiting Award for the book.

She received a 2018-2019 fellowship from the Radcliffe Institute, where she worked on "an untitled novel based in part on the life of Susan Smith McKinney Steward, the first black female doctor in New York State."[7] The novel, Libertie, is scheduled for release by Algonquin in March 2021.[11]

Accolades

Works
  • We Love You, Charlie Freeman (2016), Algonquin, ISBN 978-1-61620-467-9[12]

References
  1. Honorees, Whiting (2017-03-22). "Kaitlyn Greenidge, Fiction". The Paris Review. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  2. "Fan of histories that force us to rethink history - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  3. "Dear President: What You Need to Know About a Racialized Imagination | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News". WNYC. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  4. "In fiction, anyone can be a protagonist: "I don't understand this desire to only read about people who are like oneself"". Salon. 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  5. "I Went to a Conference with a 6-Week-Old". NYT Parenting. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  6. Grady, Constance (2020-01-22). "The controversy over the new immigration novel American Dirt, explained". Vox. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  7. "Kaitlyn Greenidge". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. 2018-04-05. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  8. Hopkins, Kathryn (2020-10-09). "Samira Nasr Makes Three New Hires at Harper's Bazaar". WWD. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  9. "We Love You, Charlie Freeman by Kaitlyn Greenidge Review". pastemagazine.com. 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  10. WE LOVE YOU, CHARLIE FREEMAN by Kaitlyn Greenidge | Kirkus Reviews.
  11. Lefferts, Daniel (2020-11-20). "With Her New Book, Kaitlyn Greenidge Practices Radical Care". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  12. Greenidge, Kaitlyn (January 2016). We love you, Charlie Freeman : a novel (First ed.). Chapel Hill, North Carolina. ISBN 978-1-61620-467-9. OCLC 913610150.
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