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Alissa Nutting
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Nutting at the 2017 Texas Book festival
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| Born | Michigan |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Florida University of Alabama (MFA) |
| Notable works | Tampa |
| Spouse | Shawn Nutting (divorced) Dean Bakopoulos (divorced) |
| Children | 1 |
Alissa Nutting (born 1980 or 1981) is an American author, creative writing professor and television writer. Her writing has appeared in Tin House, Fence, BOMB and the fairy tale anthology My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me.
Early career
Nutting attended Bloomingdale High School in Valrico, Florida. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Florida and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Alabama. At the University of Alabama, she served as editor of the Black Warrior Review. Nutting has taught creative writing at John Carroll University, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Grinnell College.
Writing
Nutting is author of the short story collection Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls. The book was selected by judge Ben Marcus as winner of the 6th Starcherone Prize for Innovative Fiction. The book, published by now-defunct Starcherone Books, was a 2010 ForeWord Book of the Year finalist, as well as an Eric Hoffer Montaigne Medal finalist for thought-provoking texts.
..... It claims to address double standards like gender-based expectations of women, regarding beauty and the great extent of mischief that women may be forgiven provided they are young and beauteous. ..... Nutting went to high school with Lafave; seeing someone she knew on the news raised her awareness of the issue of female predators. The book was banned in many bookstores for being too explicit.
When asked if it was difficult to come in and out of perspective with a deranged character Nutting replied: "It was like going under anesthesia—once I was inside it, I felt like I had to make the most of it because it was so difficult to go in and out. I ended up writing in really marathon sessions, 7-8 hours at a time. ..... It took me a while to become verbal again after writing." (Inside Edition). She also explains how her publisher and editors understood that the content needed to be explicit and they didn’t ask her to tone it down.
She contributed to The &NOW Awards 2: The Best Innovative Writing (&NOW Books, May 2013).
Her writing has appeared in The Norton Introduction to Literature, Fence, Tin House, The New York Times, Bomb, Conduit, and O: The Oprah Magazine. In April 2021, the television series adaptation of her book Made for Love premiered on HBO Max; it was cancelled in July 2022 after two seasons following the merger of HBO Max's parent company WarnerMedia with Discovery, Inc. to become Warner Bros. Discovery. .....
Personal life
Nutting's first husband was Shawn Nutting, a tattoo artist. In 2013, Nutting gave birth to their daughter Sparrow Jane before the couple split up. Her second marriage was to novelist Dean Bakopoulos. It also ended in divorce. Following this, Nutting came out as gay.
