In May, Gay was named one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People. In 2015, PEN Center USA honored Gay with the Freedom to Write Award. Her short fiction also has been selected for “The Best American Short Stories 2012,” “The Best American Mystery Stories 2014,” as well as other anthologies. Gay's work has appeared in Time, The Nation, Book Forum, Salon, Glamour, and the New York Times Book Review among other places, and she also is a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times. “An Untamed State” was a finalist for the Dayton Peace Prize. She also is the author of the novel “An Untamed State” and the story collections “Ayiti” and “Difficult Women,” as well as the author of “World of Wakanda” for Marvel.
