Thursday, March 12, 2015

Emily St. John Mandel among finalists for PEN/Faulkner Prize

Book2Book Tuesday 10 Mar 2015

Emily St. John Mandel's latest book is about the end, but her career is blossoming like never before. Her dystopic novel "Station Eleven" (Knopf), which describes a world devastated by a flu pandemic, was a finalist for the National Book Award in November, is on the longlist for the Baileys Women's Prize in England, and is now among the finalists for the PEN/Faulkner Fiction Prize.
The other finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Fiction Prize, announced this morning in Washington, are:

• Jeffery Renard Allen, "Song of the Shank" (Graywolf).
• Jennifer Clement, "Prayers for the Stolen" (Hogarth).
• Atticus Lish, "Preparation for the Next Life" (Tyrant).
• Jenny Offill, "Dept. of Speculation" (Knopf)
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washingtonpost.com
penfaulkner.org

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