about my books
Evil Genius (2026), Poor Deer (2024), and Chouette (2021)
EVIL GENIUS
Ecco: February, 2026
"EDITORS CHOICE" - NEW YORK TIMES
"BOOK OF THE WEEK" - PEOPLE MAGAZINE
"Evil Genius is deceptively light on its feet, skittering across the page to deliver its scorpion sting.” Hamilton Cain, New York Times Book Review
"Ottessa Moshfegh’s Eileen meets Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho meets Barbara Loden’s Wanda...but don’t worry, there’s plenty of humor in between the murder." Greta Rainbow, Bustle
“This turn-of-the-thumbscrews-tense novel upends noir conventions." Los Angeles Times
"Sharp and brutally funny" Real Simple
"With their fourth novel, Evil Genius, Claire Oshetsky ascends to the throne as the monarch of unreliable narrators." BookPage
“Masterful. . . A remarkable exploration of domestic abuse, coming-of-age, and the freedom to build our own lives.” Booklist
"Oshetsky blends noir sensibilities with their signature surrealism, effortlessly slipping between dark humor and unnerving sensuality. The result is thrilling." Publishers Weekly
POOR DEER
Ecco: January 2024
WINNER OF THE 2025 JANET HEIDINGER KAFKA PRIZE
"With Poor Deer, Oshetsky proves themself the bard of unruly psyches." MJ Franklin, New York Times Book Review
“[Oshetsky] renders the four-year-old Margaret’s inner life with sensitive complexity.” New Yorker
"Readers will be captivated by Margaret's beautifully weird search for atonement." Publishers Weekly
This haunting and evocative novel will resonate with readers of Richard Russo, Lionel Shriver, and Markus Zusak.” Booklist
CHOUETTE
Ecco: November 2021
WINNER OF THE 2022 WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION
"Searing and ethereal...A harrowing and magnificent fable." New York Times Book Review
"Chouette is a sublime parable of mother-love which ferociously eviscerates society's failure to accept nonconformity . . . It would not surprise me if Chouette finds a place in the feminist literary canon. It has lingered in my mind in a way that only the most original works do." The Guardian