Patricia Lockwood

Patricia Lockwood is an acclaimed novelist, essayist, memoirist, and poet whose fearless voice and singular style have reshaped the literary landscape. She is the author of the Booker Prize finalist and Dylan Thomas Prize-winning novel No One Is Talking About This, a groundbreaking work that The New York Times Book Review named one of the 10 Best Books of 2021 and The Atlantic hailed as one of the Great American Novels of the past 100 years. Moving seamlessly between the internet’s fragmented vernacular and moments of profound intimacy, the novel captures both the absurdity of digital life and the heartbreak of personal loss, cementing Lockwood as one of the most original writers of her generation.

Her latest novel, Will There Ever Be Another You, continues her fearless explorations of the mind and the self. Set against the backdrop of a global pandemic, it charts a young woman’s descent into illness, grief, and disorientation with searing honesty and electric prose. Both haunting and dazzling, the book investigates how we survive, and even remake ourselves, in times of profound upheaval.

A magnetic presence on stage, Lockwood’s talks captivate audiences by blending humor, literary insight, and trenchant cultural critique. She speaks with rare candor about the intersections of art, technology, identity, and the ways language transforms how we see ourselves and our world. Whether discussing her celebrated books, the absurdity and influence of online culture, or the enduring power of storytelling, she leaves audiences inspired and reimagining the possibilities of literature in our time.

Lockwood’s earlier works include the unforgettable memoir Priestdaddy, which recounts her unconventional upbringing as the daughter of a Catholic priest with sharp wit and compassion. Winner of the Thurber Prize—America’s top honor for humor writing—and named one of the 10 Best Books of 2017 by The New York Times Book Review, the memoir was widely celebrated for its originality, humor, and candor. Lockwood’s works have been selected to multiple editions of The Best American Essays and The Best American Poetry. She is also the author of two poetry collections and the viral prose-poem “Rape Joke,” which became a cultural touchstone for its raw, unflinching examination of personal trauma.

Known as much for her literary brilliance as for her cultural commentary, Lockwood has been called the “unofficial queen of Twitter,” her elliptical humor and surreal wit shaping the language of the internet and inspiring a generation of writers and comedians. Her essays and criticism appear frequently in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The New Republic, and the London Review of Books, where she is a contributing editor.

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