Fiction — Kaitlyn Greenidge (Whiting Award 2017)Kaitlyn Greenidge

Fiction — Kaitlyn Greenidge (Whiting Award 2017)

Whiting Award · 2017 · Winner

Whiting FoundationApril 1, 2017Literary Fiction

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Whiting Award	2017	Winner	“Fiction — Kaitlyn Greenidge”

About This Book

Kaitlyn Greenidge is recognized for her debut novel We Love You, Charlie Freeman, a multigenerational story set in Massachusetts that meditates on race, family, and scientific exploitation. This record is a writer-level placeholder for her Whiting Award.

About the Author

Kaitlyn GreenidgeAmerican

Kaitlyn Greenidge is an American writer born in Boston. She received a 2017 Whiting Award for Fiction for her debut novel We Love You, Charlie Freeman (2016), and published her second novel Libertie (2021), a historical novel. She holds degrees from Wesleyan University and Hunter College, and her nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times, Vogue, and other outlets.