News - Literary Awards

News - Literary Awards

“Harvey Weinstein’s Army of Spies” by Ronan Farrow

Ronan Farrow has won the 2018 Pulitzer in Public Service for “explosive, impactful journalism that exposed powerful and wealthy sexual predators, including allegations against one of Hollywood’s most influential producer,” beginning with his breaking piece: “Harvey Weinstein’s Army of Spies” in The New Yorker, Fall 2017.

LESS by Andrew Sean Greer

Andrew Sean Greer’s endearing and lyrical novel, LESS, has won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. Lee Boudreaux Books published the novel July 18, 2017.

STEPHEN FLORIDA by Gabe Habash

Habash’s debut STEPHEN FLORIDA was selected as a Young Lions Fiction Award finalist, which honors the works of five talented young authors. Coffee House Press published the book on June 6, 2017.

NINE CONTINENTS by Xiaolu Guo

Xiaolu Guo’s acclaimed memoir received the 2017 National Book Critic Circle Award in the Autobiography category. The book was also featured on the 2018 shortlist for the Rathbones Folio Prize. Grove Atlantic published the book in the U.S. on October 3, 2017.

THE LONELY CITY by Olivia Laing

Olivia Laing was awarded one of eight of the Windham-Campbell prizes. The prize of $165,000.00 is per the Guardian “intended to give them the freedom to write, liberated from money worries.” Her latest book, THE LONELY CITY, was published by Picador on March 1, 2016.

A HUNDRED BILLION TRILLION STARS by Seth Fishman

A HUNDRED BILLION TRILLION STARS won the Mathical Book Prize for Grades 3-5. The Mathical Book Prize is awarded by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), in partnership with the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), and in coordination with the Children’s Book Council (CBC).

SOUPY LEAVES HOMES by Cecil Castellucci

SOUPY LEAVES HOME, written by Cecil Castellucci and illustrated by Jose Pimienta, has been chosen by the 2018 Amelia Bloomer Committee as one of the titles to be honored this year on the Amelia Bloomer List. Each year the Amelia Bloomer List recommends recent books with significant feminist content for young readers of all ages and is a project of the Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association. Dark Horse Books published the graphic novel on March 2, 2017.

SONORA by Hannah Lillith Assadi

SONORA was named to the shortlist for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction. The $25,000 award is given to “an author whose debut work—a first novel or collection of short stories published in 2017—represents distinguished literary achievement and suggests great promise.” Soho Press published the book on March 28, 2017.

NINE CONTINENTS by Xiaolu Guo

Xiaolu Guo’s memoir was named to the shortlist for the 2017 Costa Biography Award. The judges called the book “an eye-opening and compelling account of one woman’s search for art, love and freedom.” Grove Press published the book in the U.S. on October 3, 2017.

IN THE DAYS OF RAIN by Rebecca Stott

Rebecca Stott’s memoir was named to the shortlist for the 2017 Costa Biography Award. The judges called the book “a vivid and truly unforgettable family story of life in a cult.” Spiegel & Grau published the book on July 4, 2017.