Congratulations to Booker Prize 2023 winning author Paul Lynch on his novel Prophet Song being shortlisted for the Kirkus Prize 2024.
Three 2024 Kirkus Prize winners will be announced at an in-person ceremony at the TriBeca Rooftop in New York on Wednesday, October 16, 2024. The winner will receive $50,000, making the Kirkus Prize, now in its 11th year, one of the richest annual literary awards in the world. Writers become eligible by receiving a rare, starred review from Kirkus Reviews.
Kirkus Reviews said of Prophet Song: “As Ireland devolves into a brutal police state, one woman tries to preserve her family in this stark fable…Captivating, frightening, and a singular achievement.”
Kirkus Reviews editor-in-chief Tom Beer says, “The finalists for the 2024 Kirkus Prize represent the very best of an outstanding crop of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers’ titles published in the U.S. this year. Our fiction finalists reimagine the art of storytelling while addressing the vital concerns of our day. […] They’re all books that speak to our time, and we know they’ll be read for years to come.”