New Yorker '20 Under 40' List of Fiction Writers Worth Watching

The New Yorker has chosen its "20 Under 40" list of fiction writers worth watching. The last list was published in 1999 and included future literary stars such as Jhumpa Lahiri, Nathan Englander and Junot Díaz; plus the likes of Michael Chabon, Jeffrey Eugenides, and David Foster Wallace, who were already relatively well known - so the new list has been much anticipated.

The list will be published in the double fiction issue of The New Yorker that arrives on newsstands June 7.

As it happens, BookBrowse has been following these authors too. Below are links to bios of all 20, plus links to many of their books (at least one for each author) and, where available, links to their websites:

• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 32
• Chris Adrian, 39
• Daniel Alarcón, 33
• David Bezmozgis, 37;
• Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, 38
• Joshua Ferris, 35
• Jonathan Safran Foer, 33
• Nell Freudenberger, 35
• Rivka Galchen, 34
• Nicole Krauss, 35
• Yiyun Li, 37
• Dinaw Mengestu, 31
• Philipp Meyer, 36
• C. E. Morgan, 33
• Téa Obreht, 24
• Z Z Packer, 37
• Karen Russell, 28
• Salvatore Scibona, 35
• Gary Shteyngart, 37
• Wells Tower, 37