Roxane Gay

Quick Facts

Full Name	Roxane Gay
Occupation	Non-Fiction Author
Date Of Birth	Oct 15, 1974(1974-10-15)
Age	50
Birthplace	Omaha
Country	United States
Birth City	Nebraska
Horoscope	Libra

Roxane Gay Biography

Roxane Gay is one of the most popular and richest Non-Fiction Author who was born on October 15, 1974 in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. She is an activist and author who made waves with Bad Feminist (2014), her essay collection. For which she received widespread acclaim. Later, she won the 2018 Eisner Award as best limited series for Marvel’s World of Wakanda. She was the first black woman to be published in the comic.

In 2016, she collaborated with TaNehisi COates to create the Marvel comics series World of Wakadan.

After completing her Ph.D., Gay began her academic teaching career in the fall 2010 at Eastern Illinois University, where she was assistant professor of English. While at EIU, in addition to her teaching duties, she was a contributing editor for Bluestem magazine and she also founded Tiny Hardcore Press. Gay worked at Eastern Illinois University until the end of the 2013–14 academic year, and was an associate professor of creative writing in the MFA program at Purdue University from August 2014 until 2018. Gay announced her departure from Purdue in October, 2018, voicing concerns about the fairness of her compensation and noting Purdue had failed to address the issue. For the spring of 2019, Gay is serving as visiting professor at Yale University.

Gay published a short story collection Ayiti (2011), then two books in 2014: the novel An Untamed State and the essay collection Bad Feminist (2014), leading one Time Magazine reviewer to declare, “Let this be the year of Roxane Gay.” The review noted of her inclusive style: “Gay’s writing is simple and direct, but never cold or sterile. She directly confronts complex issues of identity and privilege, but it’s always accessible and insightful.”

She is openly bisexual. Her family is Haitian.

Roxane Gay Net Worth

Roxane Gay is one of the richest Non-Fiction Author from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Roxane Gay 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After beginning her college studies at Yale University, she dropped out of her junior year to start a relationship. After earning her bachelor’s degree at Yale University, she was hired by Eastern Illinois University in 2010 as an associate English professor.

She was featured in the 2016 book, n the Company of Women. Inspiration and advice from more than 100 makers, artists, and entrepreneurs. Later, she was awarded the 2018 Lambda Literary Awards trustee prize and bisexual nonfiction award for her 2018 book Hunger.

Roxane Gay (born October 15, 1974) is an American writer, professor, editor, and social commentator. Gay is the author of The New York Times best-selling essay collection Bad Feminist (2014), as well as the short story collection Ayiti (2011), the novel An Untamed State (2014), the short story collection Difficult Women (2017), and the memoir Hunger (2017).

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In 2014, Gay published her debut novel, An Untamed State, which centers around Mireille Duval Jameson, a Haitian-American woman who is kidnapped for ransom. The novel explores the interconnected themes of race, privilege, sexual violence, family, and the immigrant experience. An Untamed State is often referred to as a fairy tale because of its structure and style, especially in reference to the opening sentence, “Once upon a time, in a far-off land, I was kidnapped by a gang of fearless yet terrified young men with so much impossible hope beating inside their bodies it burned their very skin and strengthened their will right through their bones,” and the author’s exploration of the American dream and courtship of Mireille’s parents.

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Roxane Ranked on the list of most popular Non-Fiction Author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Roxane Gay celebrates birthday on October 15 of every year.

Roxane Gay was featured in the 2016 book In the Company of Women: Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs.