Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction

Attica Locke's Pleasantville (Harper) has won the 2016 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction.

Other nominees:
Chuck Greaves' (C. Joseph Greaves) Tom & Lucky and George & Cokey Flo (Bloomsbury USA)
Kermit Roosevelt's Allegiance (Regan Arts)

The Harper Lee Prize was inaugurated in 2011 to coincide with publication of the 50th Anniversary edition of To Kill a Mockingbird, and is a joint venture of the American Bar Association and the University of Alabama School of Law that honors a book length work of American fiction that, in the spirit of Mockingbird, “best illuminates the role of lawyers in society and their power to effect change.” The award will be presented in September of 2016 in conjunction with the Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington D.C.

2015 Harper Lee Prize Finalists for Legal Mysteries

The American Bar Association's ABA Journal and the University of Alabama Law School announced the finalist for the 2015 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction.  The annual award for legal fiction--authorized by Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)--“is given to a book-length fictional work that ‘best exemplifies the role of lawyers in society, and their power to effect change.’  annual award for legal fiction--authorized by Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)--“is given to a book-length fictional work that ‘best exemplifies the role of lawyers in society, and their power to effect change.’

Finalists:

My Sister’s Grave, by Robert Dugoni (Thomas & Mercer)
Terminal City, by Linda Fairstein (Dutton)
The Secret of Magic, by Deborah Johnson (Putnam)