Kashana Cauley

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Kashana Cauley is an American comedy writer and author of the novel The Survivalists. [1] She is a writer for the Fox comedy The Great North as well as a former staff writer for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah . She is also a former contributing opinion writer for The New York Times , and has written for The Atlantic , Esquire , The New Yorker , Pitchfork , and Rolling Stone , among other publications, as well as for Pod Save America on HBO. [1] [2] [3]

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Originally from Madison, Wisconsin, Kashana Cauley is a former Midtown antitrust lawyer and Brooklyn, New York resident, leaving that profession to pursue a career in comedy and social commentary. [3] [4] She currently resides in Los Angeles, California. [3]

In 2016, Cauley published an article in The Atlantic about her experience with the anti-vaccination movement in the 1990s, after which she began to receive requests for her to write about other topics, as well as received a request to write for the Daily Show, where she was nominated for a WGA award for her work. [3] [5] Her satire focuses on systemic injustice and problems with American life and society. [3] [6]

In January 2023, Cauley published her debut novel, The Survivalists, which received both a Winter/Spring 2023 Indies Introduce adult selection and a January 2023 Indie Next List selection. [2] [7] [8]

The Survivalists was favorably reviewed by The New York Times, The Boston Globe , and The Wall Street Journal . [9] [10] [11] It was named a Best Book of 2023 by The Today Show, Vogue, Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, Kirkus, and the BBC. [12] It was longlisted for the 2023 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. [13]

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  1. 1 2 Cauley, Kashana. "About Me".
  2. 1 2 "An Indies Introduce Q&A With Kashana Cauley". the American Booksellers Association. December 14, 2022. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Kashana Cauley: "I Tell Jokes About Things That I Am Angry About."". Literary Hub. January 11, 2023. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Discover "The Survivalists," Kashana Cauley's Sharp and Witty Debut". Oprah Daily. January 10, 2023. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Kashana Cauley: Nominations and awards - The Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved May 5, 2024.
  6. ↑ Summers, Juana; Burnett, Elena; Brown, Ashley (January 10, 2023). "Kashana Cauley writes about the unexplored perspective of Black survivalists". NPR.
  7. ↑ "Indies Introduce Winter/Spring 2023 Titles". the American Booksellers Association. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  8. ↑ "The January 2023 Indie Next List Preview". the American Booksellers Association. November 30, 2022. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  9. ↑ Warrell, Laura (December 31, 2022). "For Kashana Cauley, Doomsday Isn't So Hypothetical". The New York Times . Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  10. ↑ Kennedy, Lisa (January 6, 2023). "Comedic and caffeinated, Kashana Cauley's debut novel, 'The Survivalists,' may give you the jitters". bostonglobe.com. Archived from the original on January 5, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  11. ↑ Sacks, Sam (January 13, 2023). "Fiction: 'The Shards' by Bret Easton Ellis Plus Heather Darwent's 'The Things We Do to Our Friends' and Kashana Cauley's 'The Survivalists.'". WSJ.com. Archived from the original on December 2, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
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  13. ↑ "2023 First Novel Prize". The Center for Fiction. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
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