Author

Books by Paul Beatty

Paul Beatty is an American novelist and poet born in Los Angeles in 1962. He is the author of four novels: The White Boy Shuffle, Tuff, Slumberland, and The Sellout, which won the 2016 Man Booker Prize — the first American novel to do so. He has also published two collections of poetry and edited the anthology Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor. Beatty is known for a satirical voice of exceptional density and range, and for a willingness to make readers uncomfortable in ways that few American writers attempt. He teaches creative writing at Columbia University.