about my novels

Evil Genius(2026), Poor Deer (2024), and Chouette (2o21)

EVIL GENIUS

a novel by claire oshetsky

Ecco: coming in February, 2026

"Razor-sharp prose...Oshetsky blends noir sensibilities with their signature surrealism, effortlessly slipping between dark humor and unnerving sensuality. The result is thrilling." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

"Darkly charming, highly original, and fiendishly clever.” Kirkus (Starred 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

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POOR DEER

a novel by claire oshetsky

Ecco: January 2024

WINNER OF THE 2025

JANET HEIDINGER KAFKA PRIZE

"Readers will be captivated by Margaret's beautifully weird search for atonement." Publishers Weekly

"Beautiful, terrifying. . . . With Poor Deer, Oshetsky proves themself the bard of unruly psyches." New York Times Book Review

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CHOUETTE

a novel by claire oshetsky

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

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