5 Under 35 Announced [1]
The National Book Foundation announced its annual 5 Under 35 honorees [3] this morning. Now in its tenth year, the program honors five young fiction writers, who were selected this year by previous 5 Under 35 honorees.
This year’s 5 Under 35 are:
Colin Barrett [4], author of Young Skins (Black Cat), selected by Paul Yoon [5]
Angela Flournoy [6], author of The Turner House (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), selected by ZZ Packer [7]
Megan Kruse [8], author of Call Me Home (Hawthorne Books), selected by Phil Klay [9]
Tracy O’Neill [10], author of The Hopeful (Ig Publishing), selected by Fiona Maazel [11]
Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi [12], author of Fra Keeler (Dorothy), selected by Dinaw Mengestu [13]
Since 2006, the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 program has honored writers in the early stages of their careers, including Téa Obreht, Karen Russell, and Justin Torres. The honorees each receive a cash prize of $1,000, and will be celebrated at a ceremony in New York City on November 16, hosted by LaVar Burton.