We are so excited to announce that the 2015 National Book Award judges’ finalist selections were announced this morning, and Penguin Random House is privileged to have these eight titles honored: Fiction FORTUNE SMILES by Adam Johnson (Random House) FATES AND FURIES by Lauren Groff (Riverhead) A LITTLE LIFE by Hanya Yanagihara (Doubleday) Nonfiction BETWEEN THE […]
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We’re very excited the share wonderful news about two of our most celebrated authors E.L. Doctorow and Maya Angelou! The National Book Foundation is awarding its 2013 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to E.L. Doctorow and its 2013 Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community to Dr. Maya Angelou. The […]
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What a night! Not one, but TWO National Book Awards for Random House, Inc. authors! Just wanted to give a little shout out of congratulations to our honored authors: LET THE GREAT WORLD SPINby Colum McCann (Random House) received the 2009 National Book Award for Fiction right after THE FIRST TYCOON: The Epic Life of […]
It was announced last night that Peter Matthiessen has won the 2008 National Book Award for fiction with Shadow Country. We would like to congratulate Mr. Matthiessen on his wonderful accomplishment. Here is some praise he has recieved for this book: “This magnificent, sad masterpiece about race, history, and defeated dreams can easily stand comparison […]
We’re thrilled to announce that Random House, Inc has four National Book Award Finalists among our lists. Fiction Finalist: Shadow Country, by Peter Matthiessen (Modern Library/Random House Pub Group) Nonfiction Finalists: This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War, by Drew Gilpin Faust (Alfred A. Knopf) and The Dark Side: […]
