Fall 2010 News
Randi Davenport‘s memoir The Boy Who Loved Tornadoes is a finalist for the 15th Annual Books for a Better Life Award.
Joshua Ferris‘s story “The Valetudinarian” is appearing in the 2010 edition of Best American Short Stories, edited by Richard Russo. The story was originally published in August 2009 in the The New Yorker.
The Wolves of Andover by Kathleen Kent has been named a November 2010 Indie Next Pick, and is due to be published November 8th by Reagan Arthur Books/ Little, Brown & Co.
Stories by Kevin Wilson, Bret Anthony Johnston, and Megan Mayhew Bergman were selected for the 2010 edition of New Stories From the South, edited by Amy Hempel. The collection is in stores now from Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
Peter Bognanni has been awarded the 2010 Emerging Author Award at this year’s Iowa Author Awards. Past winners include Marilynne Robinson and Jane Smiley.
Ru Freeman‘s novel A Disobedient Girl has been included on the long list for the DSC prize for South Asian Literature.
Lauren Grodstein’s novel A Friend of the Family, Helen Simonson’s novel Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, and Joshua Ferris’ novel The Unnamed are all being released in paperback this Fall.