St. Martin’s Press Nominates The Great Abolitionist for Prestigious History Prize!

I’m very honored that my publisher, St. Martin’s Press, nominated The Great Abolitionist for the prestigious Mark Lynton History Prize, one of three awards given as part of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize administered by the Columbia University School of Journalism and Harvard’s Nieman Foundation for Journalism. The annual award is given to a book “of history on any subject that best combines intellectual or scholarly distinction with felicity of expression.” My simple translation – a book that’s extremely well-sourced and well-researched, and reads like a novel!

I was disappointed to learn that The Great Abolitionist was not selected for the short list of finalists – but I’m so pleased and honored that St. Martin’s, which publishes many history titles, saw fit to nominate the book. And I’m filled with gratitude about your support for TGA! Win some, lose some, for sure – when it comes to thoughtful and loyal readers, you make me feel like a winner each day! Thank you for that.