Author Fatimah Asghar is the first winner of the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
Fatimah Asghar's debut novel When We Were Sisters is a coming-of-age novel that follows three orphaned Muslim-American siblings left to raise one another in the aftermath of their parents' death.
by Tilda Wilson
May 04, 2023
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Fatimah Asghar is the first recipient of the Carol Shields prize for fiction for their debut novel When We Were Sisters. The award was announced Thursday evening at Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tenn.
They will receive $150,000 as well as a
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