The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) named Gabriela Garcia’s debut novel OF WOMEN AND SALT a finalist for the 2022 Southern Book Prize. The award celebrates “bookseller favorites from 2021 that are Southern in nature—either about the South or by a Southern writer. Nominations were submitted by bookstore members of SIBA and culled from books that received strong reviews from Southern booksellers. The 18 finalists which received the highest number of nominations are a collection of the most beloved ‘hand sells’ in fiction, nonfiction, and children’s literature of the year…Winners in each category will be chosen by popular vote from readers who support Southern independent bookstores.” Voting opened November 5, 2021 and will run through February 1, 2022, and the winners will be announced on February 14, 2022. Flatiron Books published OF WOMEN AND SALT on March 30, 2021.