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VIRTUAL: 10th Annual Crook’s Corner Book Prize Discussion

December 31, 2022 By

with Judge Ben Fountain and This Year’s Winner

Tuesday, January 10, 2023 – 7:00 pm
Virtual via Crowdcast

Scroll to the bottom of this page to purchase copies of the shortlisted authors’ and judge’s books!


Join us for the 10th Annual Crook’s Corner Award Winner Discussion hosted online by Chapel Hill Public Library, Flyleaf Books, and the Crooks’ Corner Book Prize Foundation. We’ll chat with the winner (to be announced on January 9!) and this year’s judge, Ben Fountain (Beautiful Country Burn Again and Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk).

Shadows of Pecan Hollow: A Novel By Caroline Frost Cover ImageShadows of Pecan Hollow: A Novel (Hardcover)
By Caroline Frost
$27.99
ISBN: 9780063065345
Availability: at Flyleaf
Published: William Morrow – February 8th, 2022
Bewilderness: A Novel By Karen Tucker Cover ImageBewilderness: A Novel (Paperback)
By Karen Tucker
$16.95
ISBN: 9781646221264
Availability: at Flyleaf
Published: Catapult – June 28th, 2022

All Her Little Secrets: A Novel (Paperback)All Her Little Secrets: A Novel By Wanda M. Morris Cover Image
By Wanda M. Morris
$16.99
ISBN: 9780063082465
Availability: at Flyleaf
Published: William Morrow Paperbacks – November 2nd, 2021

Beautiful Country Burn Again: Democracy, Rebellion, and Revolution By Ben Fountain Cover ImageBeautiful Country Burn Again: Democracy, Rebellion, and Revolution (Paperback)
By Ben Fountain
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062688750
Availability: at Flyleaf
Published: Ecco – September 17th, 2019
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk: A Novel By Ben Fountain Cover ImageBilly Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk: A Novel (Paperback)
By Ben Fountain
$16.99
ISBN: 9780060885618
Availability: at Flyleaf
Published: Ecco – November 27th, 2012

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10th Annual Book Prize Winner

Shadows of Pecan Hollow
by Caroline Frost
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The 10th Annual Shortlist

Shortlist Announced!
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The 10th Annual Longlist

Longlist Announced!
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9th Annual Book Prize Winner

Things We Lost to the Water
by Eric Nguyen
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10th Annual Book Prize Judge

Ben Fountain was born in Chapel Hill and grew up in eastern North Carolina. His most recent book is Beautiful Country Burn Again, a narrative, with history, of the 2016 presidential election. He is also the author of the novel Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, which was adapted for film by three-time Oscar winner Ang Lee, and the short story collection Brief Encounters with Che Guevara.
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The 2021 Book Prize Winner

As a River
by Sion Dayson
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The 2022 Book Prize Judge

Ron Rash is the author of the PEN/Faulkner finalist and New York Times bestselling novel Serena, in addition to the critically acclaimed novels The Risen, Above the Waterfall, The Cove, One Foot in Eden, Saints at the River, and The World Made Straight...
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The 2020 Book Prize Winner

Atlas of Reds and Blues

by Devi S. Laskar
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