V.V. Ganeshananthan has been named the winner of the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for her novel Brotherless Night (Random House). Managed by the Carol Shields Foundation and with an award of $150,000, the prize celebrates "creativity and excellence in fiction by women and non-binary writers in Canada and the U.S."
The jury commented: "An ambitious and beautifully written novel, Brotherless Night explores how ordinary people can be swept up in political violence and, despite their best efforts, eventually be swallowed by it. Through her sensitively crafted characters, V.V. Ganeshananthan asks us to consider how history is told, whom it serves, and the many truths it leaves out. A magnificent book."
Ganeshananthan is also the author of Love Marriage, which was longlisted for the Women's Prize. Her work has appeared in Granta, the New York Times, and The Best American Nonrequired Reading, among others. She teaches in the MFA program at the University of Minnesota and co-hosts the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast on Literary Hub.