The PEN American Center has revealed the shortlists and judges for the 2015 PEN Literary Awards.
The shortlist for the debut fiction category, which carries a $25,000 prize includes: “The UnAmericans” by Molly Antopol (W. W. Norton & Company); “Ruby” by Cynthia Bond (Hogarth); Redeployment by Phil Klay (Penguin Press); “The Dog” by Jack Livings (Farrar, Straus and Giroux); and “Love Me Back” by Merritt Tierce (Doubleday). Judges for the category include: Caroline Fraser, Katie Kitamura, Paul La Farge, and Victor LaValle.
Follow this link to see the shortlists in every category.