AM Homes | The Guardian
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Winner of the 2013 Women's prize for fiction for her novel May We Be Forgiven
September 2022
The Unfolding by AM Homes review – a storyline undercut by events
Republican plotters conspire to seize power in a slippery and elusive tale
August 2022
Books interview
AM Homes: ‘We want to believe that opportunity exists for women now; it does and it doesn’t’
Hundreds of authors to read from Salman Rushdie’s works in show of solidarity
April 2020
Women's prize at 25: what it is like to win by Zadie Smith, Naomi Alderman and more
Winning authors explain how the award changed their lives and share their favourite books by women
July 2018
Days of Awe by AM Homes review – disorienting stories
Days of Awe by AM Homes review – acerbic and direct
June 2018
Books that made me
AM Homes: ‘My comfort read? All the President’s Men’The American author on the Margaret Atwood novel that makes her laugh, how John Cheever changed her life, and being unable to finish Infinite Jest
April 2017
The age of anxiety: what does Granta’s best young authors list say about America?
The US is in crisis - what about its literature? Michelle Dean reports on the 2017 Granta list of writers under 40, which is as diverse as the country itself
February 2017
Top 10s
Top 10 Hollywood novelsAs excitement rises ahead of Sunday’s Oscars, a look at novelists’ treatments of the film mecca reveals a rather darker picture
July 2016
Best holiday reads 2016
From gripping fiction to history, brilliant poetry to biography, our guest contributors offer their recommendations for the beach and elsewhere
November 2015
Who is your Bailey of Baileys winner?
A jury of former judges is currently deciding which novel deserves to take the laurels as the last decade’s finest novel by a woman. Who gets your vote?
March 2015
Reading American cities
Books about Los Angeles: readers' picksFrom LA noir to 21st-century satire, the literature of this Californian city embraces extremes of wealth, fame, frustration and failure. Here’s a selection of our readers’ suggestions of books to bring you closer to the city of Angels
May 2014
Australia culture blog
AM Homes: ‘I write emotional science fiction’The winner of the women's prize for fiction told Sydney writers' festival about how the trauma of being adopted has influenced her darkly satirical novels, writes Bethanie Blanchard
April 2014
Weekend comics special April 2014
How to write a comic: a beginner's guide
Weekend comics special April 2014
Novelists do comics: Do You Hear What I Hear? by AM Homes and Frazer Irving
December 2013
Readers' books of the year 2013: part 1
Observer books of the year 2013
Fiction books of the year – review
November 2013
Writers and critics on the best books of 2013
Dead Interviews, ed. Dan Crowe – review
June 2013
Saturday interview
AM Homes interview: 'I write the things we don't want to say out loud'US writer AM Homes made news this week when she won the Women's prize for fiction, halting Hilary Mantel's extraordinary winning streak. So, did it feel good? 'No, I mean, come on!'