Mona Awad (born August 22, 1978) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer known for works of darkly comic fiction.
[10][11] Awad's short fiction and non-fiction writing has been published in magazines including McSweeney's, The Walrus, Joyland, Post Road, St. Petersburg Review, and Maisonneuve.
"[13] Her debut book, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl, a novel (structured using linked short stories) about a woman's lifelong struggle with body image issues, won the Amazon.ca First Novel Award and was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2016.
[15] In the Los Angeles Times, Awad has been quoted as saying she "made [music] playlists for every chapter" in 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl because it helped her "immerse" herself in the story and better "access it.
[17] Bunny tells the story of a girl named Samantha Heather Mackey who attends a prestigious graduate writing program located in New England, at the fictional Warren University.