Ancestor Trouble is a Finalist for the 2023 John Leonard Prize for Best First Book
Ancestor Trouble is a finalist for the John Leonard Prize, for a first book in any genre.
Ancestor Trouble is a finalist for the John Leonard Prize, for a first book in any genre.
Ancestor Trouble is named a best southern book of the year by Garden & Gun Magazine and a best of the year by Entertainment Weekly.
Ancestor Trouble is a best book of 2022, according to The New Yorker, NPR, The Washington Post, Time, and Esquire. It was also a New York Times Editors’ Choice selection. Much gratitude to all the editors and critics who made these decisions and conferred these distinctions in a truly wonderful year for books.
If you are a writer struggling with the ethics of sharing your own history, remember that dragging these experiences out of hiding does not make you the harmful one.