TÉA MUTONJI is a poet and fiction writer. Her debut collection of short stories, Shut Up You’re Pretty was a finalist for the Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize (2019) and Canada Reads (2024). It won the Edmund White Debut Fiction Award (2020) and the Trillium Book Award (2020). Mutonji was a recipient of the Writers' Trust Rising Stars award (2022) and received the Jill Davis Fellowship (2021) at New York University where she completed her MFA in fiction.
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'Téa Mutonji writes sharply about the subtle ruptures endemic to formative friendships.' —Raven Leilani, bestselling author of Luster 'Searing . . . an essential new voice in contemporary fiction.' —#1 New York Times bestselling... SEE MORE