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About Claire Messud
American novelist and professor of literature and creative writing
Claire Messud is an American novelist and professor of literature and creative writing. She is best known for her novel The Emperor's Children, published in 2006. Messud’s work is associated above all with fiction, and her reputation rests largely on The Emperor's Children, which brought wide attention to her writing. As a professor, she also teaches literature and creative writing, connecting her work as an author with an academic career.
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Books by Claire Messud
The Emperor's Children
2006
Kant's Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write
2020
The woman upstairs
2013
Woman Upstairs
2014