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Fiction — Claire Luchette (Whiting Award 2025)

by Claire Luchette

Whiting Award · 2025 · Winner
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Whiting FoundationLiterary Fiction

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Whiting Award2025Winner

About This Book

Claire Luchette is recognized for her debut novel Agatha of Little Neon, about a young nun navigating faith, identity, and community in a Rhode Island group home. This record is a writer-level placeholder for her Whiting Award.

About the Author

Claire LuchetteAmerican

Claire Luchette is an American author and Chicago native who published their debut novel Agatha of Little Neon in 2021. A National Book Foundation "5 under 35" honoree and recipient of a Whiting Award, they hold degrees from Brown University and the University of Oregon MFA program, and currently teach creative writing at Binghamton University while living in New York.

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