Torrey Peters (born July 1981) [1] is an American author. [2][3] Her debut novel, Detransition, Baby, has received mainstream and critical success. [4][5] The novel was nominated for the 2021 Women’s …

Torrey Peters is the author of the novel Detransition, Baby, which won the 2021 PEN/Hemingway award for debut fiction and was named a Best Book of the Century by the New York Times.

Mar 11, 2025 · Peters is the author of Detransition, Baby, a very good first novel that interrogates gender politics with an unflinching eye. Set in the contemporary New York trans community, it’s smart about...

Mar 19, 2025 · Peters is so affable, though, that it’s hard to resent her. Peters had been writing and self-publishing for years before the release of her debut full-length novel, Detransition, Baby (2021), …

Mar 14, 2025 · Torrey Peters’ New Quartet of Stories Asks, Who Gets to Transition? With the arrival of her latest book Stag Dance, the author of Detransition, Baby discusses how symbols define identity, …

Jan 12, 2021 · Torrey Peters is the author of the novel Detransition, Baby, published by One World/Random House, which was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. She is also the …

Torrey Peters is a popular writer of adult fiction, contemporary, LGBTQ, literary fiction, dystopia, and science fiction stories, hailing from Chicago, United States. She is well known for writing her debut …

Torrey Peters is the bestselling author of the novel Detransition, Baby, which won the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel and was named one of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century by The New …

Detransition, Baby is a 2021 novel by American author Torrey Peters. It is her debut novel and was published by One World (an imprint of Penguin Random House). The novel was met with critical …

“Torrey Peters captures the grandiose, heartfelt and sometimes mangled aspirations of queer and trans people facing an unprecedented array of personal choice.” —Chris Kraus