HARPER LEE PRIZE FOR LEGAL FICTION FINALISTS

The Finalists for the 2020 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction have been announced. The books nominated for the tenth annual award are:

The Satapur Moonstone, by Sujata Massey (Soho Crime) 
The Hallows, by Victor Methos (Thomas & Mercer) 
An Equal Justice, by Chad Zunker (Thomas & Mercer)

The prize, which was authorized by the late Harper Lee, was established in 2011 by the University of Alabama Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. School of Law and the ABA Journal to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird. It is given annually to a book-length work of fiction that best illuminates the role of lawyers in society and their power to effect change.

HARPER LEE PRIZE FOR LEGAL FICTION

The Winner of the 2019 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, sponsored by the American Bar Association's ABA Journal, has been announced:

The Boat People by Sharon Bala

Also nominated:

Class Action by Steven B. Frank
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey

The Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction "was authorized by the late Harper Lee [and was] established in 2011 by the University of Alabama Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. School of Law and the ABA Journal to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird. It is given annually to a book-length work of fiction that best illuminates the role of lawyers in society and their power to effect change.”

HT: BV Lawson, Reference to Murder 

Finalists for the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction

Finalists for the eighth annual Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction: The prize was authorized by the late Harper Lee, and established in 2011 by the University of Alabama School of Law and the ABA Journal to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird. It is given annually to a book-length work of fiction that best illuminates the role of lawyers in society and their power to effect change.

Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction Finalists

• Exposed, by Lisa Scottoline (St. Martin’s Press)
• Proof, by C.E. Tobisman (Thomas & Mercer)
• Testimony, by Scott Turow (Grand Central)

The award ceremony will take place on September 1 during the Library of Congress National Book Festival.

HT: J. Kingston Pierce, The Rap Sheet

Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction

The winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction was announced yesterday. The prize was authorized by the late Harper Lee, and established in 2011 by the University of Alabama School of Law and the ABA Journal to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird. It is given annually to a book-length work of fiction that best illuminates the role of lawyers in society and their power to effect change.

Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction:
Gone Again, by James Grippando

The award ceremony will take place in September at the University of Alabama School of Law in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

HT: The Rap Sheet via The Gumshoe Site

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)