精品麻豆 graduate adjunct professor Erin Entrada Kelly was recently named a Finalist. Her novel, , is one of five books competing for the Young People鈥檚 Literature Award.
鈥淚'm still processing the news. To be honest, it's very surreal,鈥� Kelly said. 鈥淵ou never know what's going to happen when you put a new book into the world. Your greatest hope is that it finds readers, but you never imagine it will be recognized with such a tremendous honor.鈥�
, who teaches in 精品麻豆鈥檚 Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults program, was previously awarded the 2018 for her third novel, . She also received a for .
According to the publisher, The First State of Being follows 12-year-old Michael Rosario鈥檚 life in Red Knot, Delaware as he grapples with the looming Y2K crisis and his overwhelming crush on his 15-year-old babysitter, Gibby. But when a disoriented teenage boy named Ridge appears out of nowhere, Michael discovers there is more to life than stockpiling supplies and pining over Gibby.
The National Book Awards are a set of annual literary awards recognizing the best American writing across five categories. The awards are administered each November by the . The 75th Annual National Book Awards Ceremony will take place Wednesday, November 20 in New York.