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Three Decatur Authors Nominated For Townsend Fiction Prize
The award will be presented April 26 at the Atlanta Botanical Garden.
Decatur is going to make a good showing at the April 26 Townsend Prize for Fiction ceremony.
Prize Nominees Thomas Mullen, and Josh Russell all live in the 30030 zip code. And the major organizer of the award is the Georgia Center for the Book, which is based in Decatur.
But if you want to go to this shindig at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, you better hurry.
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The deadline to buy tickets online is 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 11. Tickets are $40 and include a meal and parking.
You can't buy tickets at the door.
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The 10 Finalist for the 2012 Townsend Prize for Fiction are:
Daniel Black for Perfect Peace, St Martin’s Press
Lynn Cullen for Reign Of Madness, G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Ann Hite for Ghost On Black Mountain, Gallery Books
Joshilyn Jackson for Backseat Saints, Grand Central Publishing
Collin Kelley for Remain In Light, Vanilla Heart Publishing
Thomas Mullen for The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers, Random House
Andrew Plattner for A Marriage Of Convenience, BkMk Press, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Josh Russell for My Bright Midnight, Louisiana State University Press
Joseph Skibell for A Curable Romantic, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Amanda Kyle Williams for The Stranger You Seek, Bantam Books
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