Congrats to Patrick Somerville (undergrad program) whose novel The Cradle, from Little, Brown and Co., is a finalist for The Center for Fiction's annual $10,000 First Novel Prize. The other finalists are: "American Rust" by Philipp Meyer from Spiegel & Grau; "Tinkers" by Paul Harding from Bellevue Literary Press; "The Vagrants" by Yiyun Lin from Random House; and "Woodsburner" by John Pipkin from Doubleday/Nan A. Talese.
The prize--once known as the John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize--went to Hannah Tinti last year for her novel, "The Good Thief." The Center was founded in 1820 as the Mercantile Library.
Librarians, staff, and members of The Center first read submissions and the recommendations of these Common Readers, as they are called, are then forwarded to a committee of distinguished American writers. This committee selects the novels on the short list and the winner.
Our fingers are crossed for you, Pat.
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