National Book Foundation Announces 2017 5 Under 35 Honorees, All Women
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Every year, the National Book Foundation honors five up-and-coming fiction writers under the age of 35 in the appropriately titled program “5 Under 35.” These five are selected by National Book Awards winners, finalists and other esteemed writers, for their first and so far only published works of fiction. The NBF has just announced their 2017 honorees, and all five of them are women.
The Foundation made the announcement on their website, listing the following authors:
Lesley Nneka Arimah, author of What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky: Stories (Riverhead Books / Penguin Random House)
Selector: Chris Bachelder, 2016 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction
Halle Butler, author of Jillian (Curbside Splendor)
Selector: Lydia Millet, 2016 National Book Award Longlist for Fiction