Kashana Cauley

Kashana Cauley is an American writer. She is a writer for the Fox animated series The Great North as well as a former staff writer for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. She is also a former contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, and has written for The Atlantic, Esquire, The New Yorker, Pitchfork, and Rolling Stone, among other publications, as well as for Pod Save America on HBO. Cauley's debut novel The Survivalists was longlisted for the 2023 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Her satire focuses on systemic injustice and problems with American life and society.

In January 2023, Cauley published her debut novel, The Survivalists, which received a Winter/Spring 2023 Indies Introduce adult selection and a January 2023 Indie Next List selection. The Survivalists was favorably reviewed by The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and The Wall Street Journal. It was named a Best Book of 2023 by The Today Show, Vogue, Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, Kirkus, and BBC. It was longlisted for the 2023 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.

Publications The Survivalists, Soft Skull Press. January 2023. . The Payback, Atria Books. July 2025. .