Katie Kitamura
American novelist, journalist and art critic
Katie Kitamura (born 1979) is an American novelist, journalist, and art critic known for her minimalist and psychologically intense prose. Her work frequently explores themes of identity, performance, and the fragility of human connection. Kitamura gained international recognition for her novels A Separation (2017) and Intimacies (2021).
Her fifth novel, Audition, was shortlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize and was a finalist for the 2026 Pulitzer Prize.
She teaches creative writing at New York University.
Early life and education
Katie Kitamura was born in Sacramento, California, in 1979, to a family of Japanese origin. She was raised in Davis, where her father was a professor at the UC Davis Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Kitamura trained as a ballerina before pursuing writing.
Kitamura graduated from Princeton University in New Jersey in 1999. She earned a PhD in American literature from the London Consortium.
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