An Author Withdraws as Book Award Finalist. (The New York Times, 10/18/2011)
Excerpt: Lauren Myracle, an author of young-adult literature, was named to the shortlist last Wednesday for “Shine,” a novel about the experience of a gay teenager who is the victim of a hate crime. Shortly afterward the National Book Foundation corrected itself, saying that Ms. Myracle’s book was not meant to be a finalist but that it would stay on the five-book shortlist anyway. The foundation then added a sixth book, “Chime,” by Franny Billingsley, originally intended to be a finalist.
On Friday the foundation reversed itself, calling Ms. Myracle to ask her to withdraw from consideration, she said in a statement on Monday.
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