Addie E. Citchens

Addie E Citchens is an American writer.

Citchens was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi.[1] She earned a degree from Jackson State University, and studied at the Florida State University Creative Writing Programme and the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop.[1]

In 2026, she was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction for her debut novel Dominion.[2] The Guardian called it "bruising, funny and deeply intelligent".[2] The New York Times also reviewed it.[3] The Atlantic called it "a dire morality tale about the suppression of desire".[4]

She lives in New Orleans.[1]

Publications

  • Dominion (2025)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Addie E. Citchens Archives". Women's Prize. Retrieved June 21, 2026.
  2. 1 2 Loffhagen, Emma (June 4, 2026). "Dominion by Addie E Citchens review – Women's prize-shortlisted portrait of patriarchy's horrors". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved June 21, 2026.
  3. ↑ John, Brandon (August 17, 2025). "A Novel That Offers the Pleasure of Seeing a Perfect Family Crumble". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 21, 2026.
  4. ↑ Weekes, Omari (September 24, 2025). "A Portrait of Southern Sexual Repression". The Atlantic. Retrieved June 21, 2026.
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