Amina Cain is an American writer, best known for her 2020 novel '' Indelicacy''. __NOTOC__

Writing

Cain began writing in her last year as an undergraduate. Cain lived in

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during the mid-2000s and later moved to

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, where she continues to live . Writers who have influenced Cain's work include

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. Other writers Cain has expressed an "affinity toward" include

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, and

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Honors

''Indelicacy'' was shortlisted for the 2020

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and for the 2021

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Bibliography

Novels

* '' Indelicacy'' (2020)

Short story collections

* ''I Go to Some Hollow'' (2009) * ''Creature'' (2013)

Nonfiction

* ''A Horse at Night: On Writing'' (2022)

References

Living people American women novelists Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women writers 21st-century American novelists {{US-novelist-stub