SCAVENGE THE STARS by Tara Sim and MARTIN MCLEAN, MIDDLE SCHOOL QUEEN by Alyssa Zaczek have been selected as Kids' Indie Next Picks for winter 2019-2020!
Margaret Wilkerson Sexton and Diane Williams have been longlisted for the 2020 Simpson/Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize, which awards $50,000 to a writer who, according to the Simpson Literary Project website, "has earned a distinguished reputation and the approbation and gratitude of readers." The Shortlist Finalists will be named in March 2020; a winner will be announced in April 2020.
THE REVISIONERS by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, RECURSION by Blake Crouch, THE STARLESS SEA by Erin Morgenstern, and FURIOUS HOURS by Casey Cep are among TIME magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2019.
THE SUMMER OF '69 by Elin Hilderbrand, THE STARLESS SEA by Erin Morgenstern, RECURSION by Blake Crouch, FURIOUS HOURS by Casey Cep, GROWING THINGS by Paul Tremblay, BLOOM by Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau, LAURA DEAN KEEPS BREAKING UP WITH ME by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell, and WILDER GIRLS by Rory Power are still in the running for the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards.
Ayelet Tsbari's THE ART OF LEAVING is a finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. According to The Star, "finalists were selected from a field of 99 titles submitted by 55 publishers. Each of the finalists will receive $5,000, with the winner receiving an additional $60,000...They were chosen by a jury composed of writers Ivan Coyote, Trevor Herriot, and Manjushree Thapa."
THE SUMMER OF '69 by Elin Hilderbrand, THE STARLESS SEA by Erin Morgenstern, RECURSION by Blake Crouch, FURIOUS HOURS by Casey Cep, GROWING THINGS by Paul Tremblay, BLOOM by Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau, LAURA DEAN KEEPS BREAKING UP WITH ME, and WILDER GIRLS by Rory Power have been nominated for the opening round of the Goodreads Choice Awards.
