2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Winner

Seating Arrangements
Maggie Shipstead
The Van Meters have gathered at their family retreat on the island of Waskeke to celebrate the marriage of daughter Daphne to the impeccably appropriate Greyson Duff. The weekend is full of champagne, salt air and practiced bonhomie, but long-buried discon…
2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Shortlist

Fobbit: A Novel
David Abrams

Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore: A Novel
Robin Sloan

Shine Shine Shine
Lydia Netzer
