Kayla Rae Whitaker’s work has been published in The Los Angeles Times, Buzzfeed, Electric Literature, and others. Her first novel, The Animators, was named a best book of 2017 by Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Kirkus, and BookPage. Her second novel, Returns and Exchanges, will be published by Random House in May 2026. She is a graduate of the University of Kentucky and New York University. She writes and teaches in Queens, New York.

Read Kayla’s interview with The Guardian →

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Read Kayla’s interview with Electric Literature →

Watch Kayla’s interview on KET’s Connections →

Watch Kayla accept an award from The Writers Center →

Read Kayla’s interview with Kill Your Darlings →

Read Kayla’s interview with The Dot and Line →

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