birth_place nationality notableworks genre article_title name occupation
boston , massachusetts american '' eileen '' fiction ottessa moshfegh
 ottessa moshfegh novelist , writer
ottessa moshfegh

ottessa moshfegh is an american author and novelist .
moshfegh was born in boston , massachusetts .
her mother was born in croatia and her father was born in iran .
she received the plimpton prize for fiction from the paris review in 2013 for her story `` bettering myself '' .
