Fiction — Teddy Wayne (Whiting Award 2011)Teddy Wayne

Fiction — Teddy Wayne (Whiting Award 2011)

Whiting Award · 2011 · Winner

Whiting FoundationApril 1, 2011Literary Fiction

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Whiting Award	2011	Winner	“Fiction — Teddy Wayne”

About This Book

Teddy Wayne is recognized for his fiction — including the satirical novel Kapitoil — for his sharp portrayals of ambition and dislocation in contemporary America. This record is a writer-level placeholder for his Whiting Award.

About the Author

Teddy WayneAmerican

Teddy Wayne (born 1979) is an American novelist and short story writer raised in New York City who graduated from Harvard University in 2001 and earned an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis in 2007. His debut novel Kapitoil (2010) received critical acclaim, and he has since published novels including The Love Song of Jonny Valentine (2013), Loner (2016), Apartment (2020), and The Winner (2024). Read more →