Gary Shteyngart

Gary Shteyngart was born in 1972 to Jewish parents in Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg, and moved to the United States at the age of seven. The American writer published his debut novel, The Russian Debutante’s Handbook, in 2002; it received the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction. His best-known works include the novels Absurdistan, Super Sad True Love Story, and Lake Success, as well as the autobiographical book Little Failure. His books have been translated into numerous languages and published in around thirty countries.