My missing this news from mid-August is beyond explanation. So I won’t even attempt an excuse, but just note that D. Ann Williams, an author and writing coach in Eugene, Oregon, has captured the 2021 Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award.
According to a press release, “Williams’ novel-in-progress titled Murder at the Freeman Hotel is set in 1920s California and features Minnie Freeman, a woman on a mission to move to a new city, open a hotel, and stay independently wealthy. Her plan is hindered by the dead body found at the bottom of the new automatic elevator shaft and a sigil linking it to other deaths in the city.”
It goes on to quote Eleanor Taylor Bland 2021 judges Tracy Clark, Yasmin McClinton, and David Heska Wanbli Weiden as calling Williams’ entry “a compelling historical mystery with a wonderful, strong opening and deft use of craft elements. We all agree that we’ll be hearing much more from the writer in the very near future.”
Created in 2014 by Sisters in Crime to honor emerging writers of color, this prize is named for Eleanor Taylor Bland, who wrote a series of novels starring African-American Chicago police homicide detective Marti MacAlister before she passed away in 2010. As this year’s winner, Williams will receive a $2,000 grant, “intended to help the recipient complete a debut or early-career work of crime fiction.”
Runner-ups for the 2021 Bland Award are Hiawatha Bray, Lily Meade, Robin Page, Catherine Tucker, and Zoe B. Wallbrook.
Wednesday, September 01, 2021
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