Tag: Deesha Philyaw

  • Deesha Philyaw wins PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction 2021.

    Deesha Philyaw wins PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction 2021.

    Deesha Philyaw’s The Secret Lives of Church Ladies was announced the winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction 2021 on April 6, 2021. The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation to the authors of the year’s best works of fiction by living US American citizens. One of the previous winners…

  • Deesha Philyaw is PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction 2021 finalist

    Deesha Philyaw is PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction 2021 finalist

    Deesha Philyaw is a finalist of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction 2021 announced on March 2, 2021. The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation to the authors of the year’s best works of fiction by living American citizens. The winner receives US$15,000 and each of the four runners-up receives US$5000.…