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Mona Awad

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Mona Awad is a Canadian novelist born in Montreal and based in the United States. Her debut novel, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl, won the Amazon Canada First Novel Award and the Colorado Book Award and was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Her subsequent novels Bunny, All's Well, Rouge, and We Love You, Bunny combine literary satire, horror, gothic and fairy-tale elements, and psychological transformation. She teaches fiction in Syracuse University's Creative Writing program.

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Mona Awad's Newest Book

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We Love You, Bunny

novel · First published 2025

The highly anticipated follow up to the viral sensation Bunny, a brilliantly written, laugh-out-loud funny, dark, and delirious novel set in the Bunny-verse—a world that Margaret Atwood declared “soooo genius.” In the cult classic novel Bunny, Samantha Heather Mackey, a lonely outsider student at a highly selective MFA program in New England, was first ostracized and then seduced by a clique of creepy-sweet rich girls who call themselves “Bunny.” An invitation to the Bunnies’ Smut Salon leads Samantha down a dark rabbit hole (pun intended) into the violently surreal world of their off-campus workshops where monstrous creations are conjured with deadly and wondrous consequences. When We Love You, Bunny opens, Sam has just published her first novel to critical acclaim. But at a New England stop on her book tour, her one-time frenemies, furious at the way they’ve been portrayed, kidnap her. Now a captive audience, it’s her (and our) turn to hear the Bunnies’ side of the story. One by one, they take turns holding the axe, and recount the birth throes of their unholy alliance, their discovery of their unusual creative powers—and the phantasmagoric adventure of conjuring their first creation. With a bound and gagged Sam, we embark on a wickedly intoxicating journey into the heart of dark academia: a fairy tale slasher that explores the wonder and horror of creation itself. Not to mention the transformative powers of love and friendship, Bunny. Frankenstein by way of Heathers, We Love You, Bunny is both a prequel and a sequel, and an unabashedly wild and totally complete stand-alone novel. Open your hearts, Bunny, to another dazzlingly original and darkly hilarious romp in the Bunny-verse from the queen of the fever-dream, Mona Awad.

Not sure where to begin?

Start with one of these

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13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl

The author's debut and a representative entry point into her darkly comic literary fiction.

Cover of Bunny

Bunny

The first book in the Bunny-verse and a defining example of her surreal horror and satire.

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Rouge

A standalone gothic horror novel showcasing her fairy-tale and beauty-industry themes.

Read in order

Books by series

novel-series · ongoing

Bunny-verse

A linked pair of novels set in the Bunny-verse: Bunny and its prequel-sequel follow-up, We Love You, Bunny.

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  1. 1
    Bunny

    Book 1 · novel · 2019

    Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University. A scholarship student who prefers the company of her dark imagination to that of most people, she is…

  2. 2
    We Love You, Bunny

    Book 2 · novel · 2025

    The highly anticipated follow up to the viral sensation Bunny, a brilliantly written, laugh-out-loud funny, dark, and delirious novel set in the Bunny-verse—a world that Margaret Atwood declared “soooo genius.” In the cult classic novel…

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Novels (3)
  1. 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl

    novel · 2016

    Follows Lizzie, a young woman growing up in Mississauga, as she fights her way from fat to thin, but who still, even as a married adult woman, sees herself as a fat girl.

  2. All's Well

    novel · 2021

    Miranda Fitch’s life is a waking nightmare. The accident that ended her burgeoning acting career left her with excruciating chronic back pain, a failed marriage, and a deepening dependence on painkillers. And now, she’s on the verge of…

  3. Rouge

    novel · 2023

    For as long as she can remember, Belle has been insidiously obsessed with her skin and skincare videos. When her estranged mother Noelle mysteriously dies, Belle finds herself back in Southern California, dealing with her mother’s…

Frequently asked questions about Mona Awad

Where is Mona Awad from, and where does she live now?

Mona Awad was born in Montreal, Canada, and now lives in the United States, dividing her time between La Jolla and Boston.

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What is Mona Awad’s cultural background?

Awad’s father was from Egypt and her mother was French Canadian. She has said that growing up in Montreal in an English-speaking Catholic school informed her interest in characters who feel caught between identities.

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What did Mona Awad study, and where does she teach?

She earned an MFA in fiction from Brown University, an MScR in English from the University of Edinburgh, and a PhD in creative writing and English literature from the University of Denver. She teaches fiction in Syracuse University’s Creative Writing program.

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What awards has Mona Awad received?

Her debut novel won the 2016 Amazon.ca First Novel Award and the Colorado Book Award, and it was shortlisted for the Giller Prize. The Giller Prize’s official record lists the novel among its 2016 finalists.

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What influences Mona Awad’s writing?

Fairy tales, especially their treatment of fear and enchantment, are central influences on Awad’s work. She has also described horror as a way to explore women’s experiences when they are dismissed or denied.

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