{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Short description|American author, professor (born 1980 or 1981)}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2024}}{{Infobox writer | name = Alissa Nutting | image = Alissa Nutting 2017.jpg | imagesize = | alt = | caption = Nutting at the 2017 Texas Book festival | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Michigan | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Writer | nationality = American | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = University of Florida<br>University of Alabama (MFA) | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = ''Tampa''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/aug/02/tampa-alissa-nutting-review|title=Tampa by Alissa Nutting – review|author=Sarah Churchwell|work=the Guardian|date=2 August 2013 |accessdate=8 December 2014}}</ref> | spouse = Shawn Nutting (divorced)<br>Dean Bakopoulos (divorced) | partner = | children = 1 | relatives = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | portaldisp = }}
'''Alissa Nutting''' (born 1980 or 1981)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-29 |title=High Anxiety. High Art. |url=https://www.unlv.edu/news/article/high-anxiety-high-art |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=University of Nevada, Las Vegas |language=en}}</ref> is an American author, creative writing professor and television writer. Her writing has appeared in ''Tin House'', ''Fence'', ''BOMB'' and the fairy tale anthology ''My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me''.
==Early career== Nutting attended Bloomingdale High School in Valrico, Florida. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Florida and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Alabama. At the University of Alabama, she served as editor of the ''Black Warrior Review''. Nutting has taught creative writing at John Carroll University, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Grinnell College.
==Writing== Nutting is author of the short story collection ''Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls''. The book was selected by judge Ben Marcus as winner of the 6th Starcherone Prize for Innovative Fiction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.starcherone.com/nutting.html|title=Starcherone Books : Unclean Jobs : Alissa Nutting|publisher=Starcherone.com|accessdate=8 December 2014}}</ref> The book, published by now-defunct Starcherone Books, was a 2010 ForeWord Book of the Year finalist,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/finalists/2010/short-stories/ | title=2010 Foreword INDIES Finalists in Short Stories (Adult Fiction) }}</ref> as well as an Eric Hoffer Montaigne Medal finalist for thought-provoking texts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://electricliterature.com/alissa-nutting-on-on-the-horrors-of-being-a-woman-on-the-internet-9c10a8cb2825|title=Alissa Nutting on the Horrors of Being a Woman on the Internet|last=Coyle|first=Deirdre|date=2018-09-05|website=Electric Literature|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref>
''Tampa'' is a novel that combines erotica, satire and social criticism. It claims to address double standards like gender-based expectations of women, regarding beauty and the great extent of mischief for which women may be forgiven provided they are young and beauteous. The novel centres on a middle-school teacher who has sexual relations with her students. Nutting was inspired by Debra Lafave, a teacher charged with having sex with her under-age students in 2005. Nutting went to high school with Lafave; seeing someone she knew on the news raised her awareness of the issue of female predators. The book was banned in many bookstores for being too explicit.
When asked if it was difficult to come in and out of perspective with a deranged character Nutting replied: "It was like going under anesthesia—once I was inside it, I felt like I had to make the most of it because it was so difficult to go in and out. I ended up writing in really marathon sessions, 7-8 hours at a time. After I was done each day I had this hangover feeling—my body felt a grand fatigue even though I’d been seated the whole time. It took me a while to become verbal again after writing."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/people/article/58801-q-a-with-tampa-author-alissa-nutting.html|title=Q& with 'Tampa' Author Alissa Nutting|work=PublishersWeekly.com|accessdate=8 December 2014}}</ref> She also explains how her publisher and editors understood that the content needed to be explicit and they didn’t ask her to tone it down.
She contributed to ''The &NOW Awards 2: The Best Innovative Writing'' (&NOW Books, May 2013).<ref>{{cite book|title=The &Now Awards 2: The Best Innovative Writing Paperback – May 25, 2013|isbn=978-0982315644|last1=Schneiderman|first1=Davis|year=2012|publisher=&NOW Books }}</ref>
Her writing has appeared in ''The Norton Introduction to Literature'', ''Fence'', ''Tin House'', ''The New York Times'', ''Bomb'', ''Conduit'', and ''O: The Oprah Magazine''.
In her first television work; she co-created ''Made for Love'' with Dean Bakopoulos, Patrick Somerville and Christina Lee; based on her novel of the same name. The series premiered on HBO Max on April 1, 2021 and it was cancelled in July 2022 after two seasons following the merger of HBO Max's parent company WarnerMedia with Discovery, Inc. to become Warner Bros. Discovery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/04/10392755/made-for-love-book-changes-writer-alissa-nutting-interview|date=April 8, 2021|first=Shannon|last=Carlin|title=The Source Material for "Made for Love" is Even Wilder Than the HBO Max Series}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Mishra |first1=Shrishty |date=June 10, 2022 |title='Made for Love' Cancelled After Season 2 at HBO Max |url=https://collider.com/made-for-love-season-2-cancelled-hbo-max/ |website=Collider |language=en-US |access-date=April 30, 2026 |archive-date=June 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612153950/https://collider.com/made-for-love-season-2-cancelled-hbo-max/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Nutting would later go on to co-create ''Teenage Euthanasia'' with Alyson Levy for Adult Swim, which premiered on the network on September 6, 2021 and was renewed for a second season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-03 |title=Teenage Euthanasia Renewed for Season 2 at Adult Swim |url=https://movieweb.com/teenage-euthanasia-renewed-season-2-adult-swim/ |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=MovieWeb |language=en}}</ref> The series was cancelled after two seasons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/anime/news/adult-swim-shows-teenage-euthanasia-canceled/|title=Adult Swim Seemingly Cancels Surprising Show After Two Seasons|publisher=ComicBook.com|last=Valdez|first=Nick|date=2025-05-07|access-date=2026-04-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/adult-swim-cancelation/|title=Adult Swim Seems to Quietly Confirm Animated Show's Cancelation After 2 Seasons|publisher=CBR|last=Fang|first=Sam|date=2025-05-07|access-date=2026-04-30}}</ref>
In September 2025, Apple TV ordered the miniseries ''The Off Weeks'' created by Nutting, with Jessica Chastain and Ben Stiller starring as leads.<ref name="OffWeeksApple">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ben-stiller-jessica-chastain-apple-series-off-weeks-1236373986/|website=The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=April 30, 2026|title=Ben Stiller, Jessica Chastain to Topline Apple Limited Series ‘The Off Weeks|first=Rick|last=Porter|date=17 Sep 2025}}</ref>
==Personal life== Nutting's first husband was Shawn Nutting, a tattoo artist. In 2013, Nutting gave birth to their daughter Sparrow Jane<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/books/index.ssf/2013/07/tampa_a_novel_by_alissa_nuttin.html|title='Tampa,' a novel by Alissa Nutting, puts female sexual predator in focus|author=Connors, Joanna|date=26 July 2013|publisher=cleveland.com|accessdate=6 October 2016}}</ref> before the couple split up. Her second marriage was to novelist Dean Bakopoulos. It also ended in divorce. Following this, Nutting came out as gay.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.instagram.com/nutting_alissa?igsh=MWdqeGR3M2VjcG85Yw== |title=Alissa Nutting Instagram Profile |author=Nutting, Alissa|date=1 January 2025|publisher=instagram.com|accessdate=9 January 2025}}</ref>
==Bibliography== {{Library resources box|about=no|by=yes}} * ''Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls'', Starcherone Books: Buffalo, New York. 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-984213320}} * ''Tampa'', Ecco. 2013. {{ISBN|978-0062280541}} * ''Made for Love'', Ecco, 2017 {{ISBN|978-0062280558}}
==Filmography== ===Film=== * ''False Positive'' (2021; story)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/ilana-glazer-false-positive-a24-hulu-1234853214/|title=A24’s ‘False Positive’ Starring Ilana Glazer Lands at Hulu|first=Angelique|last=Jackson|website=Variety|date=December 14, 2020|accessdate=April 30, 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecut.com/2021/03/hulus-false-positive-a-first-look-at-the-ilana-glazer-film.html|title=Ilana Glazer's New Movie Is a Thriller About IVF|website=The Cut|first=Kerensa|last=Cadenas|date=March 16, 2021|access-date=April 30, 2026}}</ref>
===Television=== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Creator ! Writer ! Executive<br>Producer ! Notes |- | 2021–2022 | ''Made for Love'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Also acted as Trish (1 episode); based on her novel of the same name |- | 2021–2023 | ''Teenage Euthanasia'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Various voice roles (6 episodes) |- | {{TBA}} | {{pending series|The Off Weeks}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Upcoming miniseries<ref name="OffWeeksApple"/> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://alissanutting.com}} * {{IMDb title|10096842}}
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