Maggie Nelson

Born in 1973, Nelson is an author who is often described as defying classification. She has worked in a variety of arenas, everywhere from philosophy to poetry to art criticism and autobiography. She has received a 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship in nonfiction, a 2011 NEA Fellowship in poetry, a 2012 Creative Capital Literature Fellowship, and a 2016 MacArthur Fellowship. She has also received a 2007 Andy Warhol Foundation/Creative Capital Arts Writers Grant and a 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award in criticism.