The Center for Fiction (previously the Mercantile Library) has changed the name of their first novel prize–originally the John Sargent Sr. prize when launched in 2006–to the Flaherty-Dunnan Prize, due to support from board member and writer Nancy Dunnan and honoring her late father Ray Flaherty, also a writer. The seven nominated debut novels are: Beneath the Lion’s Gaze, by Maaza MengisteThe Invisible Bridge, by Julie OrringerMatterhorn, by Karl MarlantesMr. Peanut, by Adam Ross The Quickening, by Michelle HooverThe Report, by Jessica Francis KaneThis is Just Exactly Like You, by Drew Perry In other awards news, the Thurber Prize for […]
