The finalists for the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were announced—the rare prize that includes a science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction category. The SFF finalists are:
- Tananarive Due, The Reformatory: A Novel
- Daniel Kraus, Whalefall
- Victor LaValle, Lone Women: A Novel
- V. E. Schwab, The Fragile Threads of Power
- E. Lily Yu, Jewel Box: Stories
This year’s judges are Maurice Broaddus (author of Sweep of Stars), Craig Laurance Gidney (author of Sea, Swallow Me & Other Stories), and Lucy A. Snyder (author of Sister, Maiden, Monster).
Molly Templeton, Reactor