I’m delighted to share that I’ve been awarded the Lois Kahn Wallace Writers Award for Shining Sea.
Established in 1999 by the well-known, now-deceased literary agent and fellow New Yorker Lois Wallace, the award has been given five times before; past recipients include Erica Wagner and Marisa Silver. Such an honor to be the sixth!
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