The shortlist has been selected for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, which aims "to celebrate and amplify exceptional writing from women and non-binary authors from the United States and Canada." The winner receives $150,000 and a residency with Fogo Island Inn; each runner-up receives $12,500.
The shortlist:
Birnam Wood: A Novel by Eleanor Catton (McClelland & Stewart)
Daughter: A Novel by Claudia Dey (Doubleday Canada)
Coleman Hill by Kim Coleman Foote (SJP Lit)
Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan (Random House)
A History of Burning: A Novel by Janika Oza (McClelland & Stewart)
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The shortlist has been selected for the 2024 Plutarch Award, sponsored by the Biographers International Organization and honoring the best biography of the year.
The shortlist:
King: A Life by Jonathan Eig (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse by Howard Fishman (Dutton)
The Hungry Season: A Journey of War, Love, and Survival by Lisa M. Hamilton (Little, Brown)
The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever by Prudence Peiffer (Harper)
Anansi's Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World by Yepoka Yeebo (Bloomsbury)