Kirstin Valdez Quade’s THE FIVE WOUNDS is longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for a debut novel. The finalists will be announced in January 2022.

Kirstin Valdez Quade’s THE FIVE WOUNDS is announced as winner of The Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize at The Center’s Annual Awards Benefit and 200th Anniversary Celebration.

THE FIVE WOUNDS is announced as a shortlist pick for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. The winning novel will be announced Sunday, January 23rd, 2022 during the ALA Annual Conference.

UMA WIMPLE CHARTS HER HOUSE is named one of the 30 best children’s books of 2021 by Parents Magazine.

THE FIVE WOUNDS is announced as a shortlist pick for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. The winning novel will be announced at The Center’s Annual Awards Benefit and 200th Anniversary Celebration on December 7th.

The French edition of Miranda Popkey’s TOPICS OF CONVERSATION will be part of the French publishing industry’s “Rentrée Littéraire 2021.” The French title of the book is LES CONVERSATIONS and will be published by Lattès in France, on August 25th, 2021.

PEN America announces Chanelle Benz’s THE GONE DEAD has been selected for their 2020 Longlist for a debut novel.

On September 15th, the University of Mississippi announced that THE GONE DEAD had been selected for their 2019 shortlist.

On July 21^st, the Crook’s Corner Book Prize Foundation announced that Chanelle Benz’s THE GONE DEAD had made their longlist. The prize winner will be announced in January 2021.

Foreword Reviews announces Johanna Stoberock’s PIGS as a Bronze Winner for Literary Fiction in the 2019 Foreword Indies Awards.