Named one of 30 of the planet’s most exciting young people by the Financial Times, Elaine Castillo was born in the San Francisco Bay Area. Castillo’s body of work recently won a 2026 Whiting Award for Fiction, and her latest novel Moderation was longlisted for the 2026 Women’s Prize in Fiction, named one of the Top Ten Books of 2025 by The Atlantic, Slate, and a Best Book of 2025 by The New Yorker, TIME Magazine, Kirkus Reviews, and more.
