The National Book Award-winner, whose debut novel is set in a downtrodden city inspired by her hometown of South Bend, Ind., talks about her background, and about her passionate advocacy for the craft of novel writing.
NEW YORK (AP) Tess Gunty’s “The Rabbit Hutch,” a sweeping debut novel set in a low-income housing community in Indiana, has won the National Book Award for fiction. The 30-year-old Gunty was among three writers nominated for their first published books.