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    Rachel Howzell Hall, George Saunders, James Hannaham among LA Times Book Prize finalists

    by Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times Feb 22, 2023 4 minutes
    Writer James Hannaham attends the Elevator Repair Service Theater 25th Anniversary Gala at Tribeca Rooftop on May 22, 2017, in New York.

    LOS ANGELES — The finalists for the 43rd Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were announced Wednesday, with Rachel Howzell Hall, James Hannaham and George Saunders among the nominees for the annual literary awards.

    The winners in three special categories also were announced. James Ellroy will receive the Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement; the American Library Assn.'s Freedom to Read Foundation will receive the Innovator's Award; and Javier Zamora will be presented with the Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose.

    The rest of the Book Prize winners, selected from among 56 finalists in 11 categories, will be announced in a ceremony on Friday, April 21, at USC's Bovard Auditorium, the evening before the annual , taking place the weekend of April

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