The National Book Foundation has revealed the honorees for the 2016 5 Under 35.
The honor, which is given to five debut fiction writers with promising work, is in its 11th year. The authors are selected by former NBA winners and finalists and are honored at a ceremony during the week of The National Book Awards.
We have the list for you after the jump.
2016 5 Under 35 Honorees
Brit Bennett, author of The Mothers (Riverhead / Penguin Random House) selected by Jacqueline Woodson
Yaa Gyasi, author of Homegoing (Knopf / Penguin Random House) selected by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Greg Jackson author of Prodigals (Farrar, Straus & Giroux / Macmillan) selected by Lauren Groff
S. Li author of Transoceanic Lights (Harvard Square Editions) selected by Karen Bender
Thomas Pierce author of Hall of Small Mammals selected by Amity Gaige