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    It's the 10th year of the Kirkus Prize. Meet the winners of a top literary award

    The Kirkus Prize is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the U.S. This year's winners are Ariel Aberg-Riger, Héctor Tobar and James McBride.
    by Neda Ulaby Oct 11, 2023 2 minutes
    Héctor Tobar, left, author of <em>Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of "Latino," </em>Ariel Aberg-Riger, author of <em><em>America Redux: Visual Stories From Our Dynamic History </em></em>and James McBride, author of <em>The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store.</em>

    The Kirkus Prize, a leading literary award, has been awarded this year to authors Ariel Aberg-Riger, Héctor Tobar and James McBride. The prize selects winners in the categories of fiction, nonfiction and young reader's literature from a pool of nearly 11,000 authors whose books appeared in Kirkus Reviews, the influential journal known for starred prepublication reviews.

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