U.S. Selfies Announces 2021 Shortlist

The U.S. Selfies has named 14 finalists for its 2021 awards slate, with seven finalists in the adult fiction category, now in its second year, and seven in the children’s book category, in its inaugural year. This year the organizers—Publishers Weekly and BookBrunch—together with sponsor IngramSpark, have produced a free e-book sampler of the shortlists available to download here.

The adult fiction category finalists include Paty Jager's Fox Goes Hunting; N.D. Jones's A Queen’s Pride; Lilianne Milgrom's L'Origine: The Secret Life of the World’s Most Erotic Masterpiece; Charlie Newton's Privateers; Adam Pelzman's The Boy and the Lake; Penny Reid's Engagement and Espionage, Solving for Pie; and Nicolas Lietzau's Dreams of the Dying.

The children’s book category includes: Steadfast: Frances Perkins, Champion of Workers’ Rights by Jennifer J. Merz; The Amazing Adventures of Aya & Pete in New York by Serena Minott and Asha Gore and illustrated by Caroline Buzio; How to Fold a Taco by Naibe Reynoso and illustrated by Ana Verala; The Big Adventures of Little Tree by Nadja Springer and illustrated by Tilia Rand-Bell;The Rumble Hunters by Courtney Dunlap; The Lost Coven by Bekah Harris; and The Benevolent Lords of Sometimes Island by Scott Semegran.

This year’s winners will be announced at 5:30 p.m. CT on Thursday, June 25, during happy hour at the American Library Association’s annual conference, again being held virtually. The U.S. Selfies are sponsored by IngramSpark, Combined Book Exhibit, Barnes & Noble Press and Author Solutions.