Torrey Peters

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021 February 2021 Book of the Month for Roxane Gay's Book Club Irresistible ... Detransition, Baby is the first great trans realist novel - Guardian A voraciously knowing, compulsively readable novel - Chris Kraus Tremendously funny and sexy as hell - Juliet Jacques Reese nearly had it all: a loving relationship with Amy,...

'Two hours later, a chill rose off the long shadows and we had readied ourselves for the dance. I had my eyelashes darkened. He pricked his finger with the tip of a pocket-blade, and on the newly exposed globes of my cheeks, we made circles of rouge. I'd never shared much time with any other person. Never been so open...

Adventurous, mind-expanding, and provocative - BERNARDINE EVARISTO Unlike anything I'd ever read - YAEL VAN DER WOUDEN, Women's Prize-winning author of The Safekeep Innovative, insightful, funny and confronting - INDEPENDENT, Best Books to Look Out for in 2025 A shining talent - STYLIST Best Books of 2025 Deep in the forest, a band of lumberjacks on an illegal logging operation...

‘Spellbinding ... I loved this book’ Brit Bennett, New York Times-bestselling author of The Vanishing Half ‘Peters confronts the unruliness of our desires’ New Yorker Detransition, Baby thrilled readers with its sharp, contemporary vision of family, gender and romance. Now Torrey Peters is back with a bold exploration of trans identity through the ages. From the adventures of a lonely...