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Claire Messud

Author of The Emperor's Children

Includes the names: Claire Messud, Claire Messud

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Claire Messud is the author of six works of fiction. A recipient of Guggenheim and Radcliffe Fellowships and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her family. — biography from Kant's Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write: An Autobiography in Essays… (more)

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Works by Claire Messud

The Emperor's Children 3,468 copies, 104 reviews

The Woman Upstairs 1,596 copies, 118 reviews

The Burning Girl 535 copies, 34 reviews

The Last Life 524 copies, 7 reviews

When the World Was Steady 210 copies, 4 reviews

The Hunters 208 copies, 5 reviews

Kant's Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write: An… 74 copies, 1 review

A Dream Life 36 copies

The Professor's History 13 copies

A Simple Tale 5 copies

My town : writers on American cities. 1 copy

Messud Claire 1 copy

The Woman Upstairs 1 copy

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Also by Claire Messud

Atonement (Introduction, some editions) 25,508 copies, 610 reviews

Two Serious Ladies (Introduction, some editions) 768 copies, 10 reviews

Le Bal (Introduction, some editions) 615 copies, 32 reviews

Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books (Contributor) 369 copies, 15 reviews

Mortification: Writers' Stories of Their Public Shame (Contributor) 291 copies, 4 reviews

David Golder / The Ball / Snow in Autumn / The Courilof Affair (Introduction) 269 copies, 5 reviews

Granta 66: Truth and Lies (Contributor) 160 copies, 1 review

The Use of Man (Introduction, some editions) 144 copies, 1 review

Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic… (Contributor) 128 copies, 4 reviews

Granta 51: Big Men (Contributor) 116 copies, 1 review

Granta 118: Exit Strategies (Contributor) 81 copies, 2 reviews

Eat Joy: Stories & Comfort Food from 31 Celebrated Writers (Contributor) 63 copies, 3 reviews

Writers on writing (Contributor) 28 copies

And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again: Writers from Around the World… (Contributor) 12 copies, 1 review

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