Jennifer Egan will receive the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association's 2019 Legacy Award, which recognizes "individuals whose body of work contributed significantly to the realm of American arts and letters." She will be honored at the NAIBA Awards Banquet on Wednesday, October 16, during the association's fall conference in Cherry Hill, N.J.
"I owe my career to early and consistent support from independent booksellers and will forever be grateful and indebted to them," Egan said. "I've watched with delight their recent surge in health, strength and numbers. Being honored by NAIBA is a welcome chance to honor and celebrate independent bookstores--the lifeblood of a healthy publishing industry, healthy communities, and a healthy democracy."
Egan is the author of A Visit from the Goon Squad, which won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award; Manhattan Beach; The Keep; Emerald City; Look at Me, a National Book Award finalist; and The Invisible Circus.