Rachel Kushner is the bestselling author of three novels: The Mars Room, short-listed for the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award; The Flamethrowers, a finalist for the National Book Award and a New York Times top 10 book of 2013; and Telex from Cuba, a finalist for the National Book Award. Her new book, The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000–2020, will be published in April.
