/PRNewswire/ The Gotham Book Prize, an annual award created to encourage and honor writing about New York City in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, announced.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The
Gotham Book Prize, an annual award created to encourage and honor writing about New York City in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, today announced the ten finalists for the first annual winner. A jury made up of leading New Yorkers and authors, including novelist Melissa Rivero and poet Safiya Sinclair, nominated a short list of ten eligible books, including:
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
The Index of Self-Destructive Acts by Christopher Beha
Kings County by David Goodwillie
You Again by Debra Jo Immergut
The City We Became by N.K Jemisin