Aspen Words Literary Prize

Her novel The Startup Wife is a nominee for the Aspen Words Literary Prize.

His new novel A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself is nominated for the Aspen Words Literary Prize.

Her first novel, The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois, is a nominee for the Aspen Words Literary Prize.

Open to authors of any nationality, the award is one of the few focused exclusively on fiction with a social impact.

Authors nominated for the Aspen Words Literary Prize discuss writing when the real world became stranger than fiction.

Her novel The Night Watchman is based on the life of her extraordinary grandfather who fought against Native dispossession.

Drawn from Ugandan folklore, her novel illuminates themes of feminism and the pressures of cultural assimilation.

They deal with serious topics, but among these are also stunning love stories and characters who will make you laugh out loud.

The author’s latest work Leave the World Behind examines race, class, parenthood, and environmental issues.

Diane Cook’s new novel illustrates how environmental calamity will affect all of us—unless we change course.