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Rita Bullwinkel

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Rita Bullwinkel

Profile

Gender
Female
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
San Francisco

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Short story writer, Creative writing professor, Editor
Active Years
2018-2025
Affiliations
University of San Francisco, McSweeney's
Nominations
Gordon Burn Prize shortlist (2025, Headshot), International Dublin Literary Award longlist (2025, Headshot)

Awards

Whiting Award
2022
Work: Belly Up
Organization: Whiting Foundation
Result: winner
Booker Prize
2024
Work: Headshot
Organization: The Booker Prizes
Result: longlisted
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
2025
Work: Headshot
Organization: Pulitzer Prize Board
Result: finalist

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Headshot

2024 Novel

Follows the lives of eight young female boxers as they converge on Reno, Nevada for a two-day boxing tournament in July, the Daughters of America Cup. Each chapter devoted to a boxing match, exploring each athlete's history, background, and future lives.

boxingfemale athletesintrospectionambition

Belly Up

2018 Short story collection

Collection of short stories.

everyday lifehuman relationships

Style & Themes

Literary Style
introspectivelyricalgritty
Recurring Motifs
boxinggirls' inner livesfuture lives

Legacy

Known for her 2024 debut novel Headshot, longlisted for the Booker Prize and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Professor at University of San Francisco and editor of McSweeney's Quarterly.

Quotes

  • The drama is intense but interior. We are inside a torrid mille-feuille of perception.
    Source: The New York Times (2024)

Trivia

  • Appeared at the 2024 Edinburgh International Book Festival.
  • Became editor of McSweeney's Quarterly in 2024.