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2008

The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer

Review
"Sofer herself emigrated from post-revolutionary Iran to New York, and her debut resonates with the empathy derived from that journey." Booklist (read more)

2007

A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines by Janna Levin

Review
"Like a lyrical mash-up, Levin interweaves the personal narrative style of her first book with taut prose evocative of Alan Lightman's Einstein's Dreams." Seed Magazine (read more)

2006

We're in Trouble: Stories by Christopher Coake

Review
"Both beautiful in its elegance and merciless in its intensity....For such dark material, Coake's stories are elegant and redolent of an aching form of humanity." Minneapolis Star Tribune (read more)

2004 (three winners)

Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer

Review
"A zestfully imagined novel of wonders both magical and mundane....He will win your admiration, and he will break your heart." Joyce Carol Oates, author of We Were the Mulvaneys (read more)

The King's Evil by Will Heinrich

Publisher Comments
Meticulously crafted and irresistibly creepy, The King's Evil is a provocative and unsettling modern morality tale that probes man's intrinsic nature and the unilluminated recesses of his psyche. It is a mesmerizing debut from a brilliant young writer. (read more)

The Book of Salt by Monique Truong

Review
"Truong weaves a sumptuous tale of gastronomy, language, cravings, and cruelty....The Book of Salt doesn't lay its secrets bare but coils itself around them." Joy Press, Village Voice (read more)

2002 (three winners)

The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri

Review
"Suri's elegant, clever prose and emotional and philosophical probing carry the action of the novel entirely....Suri has created an endlessly complex world that both breaks its inhabitants' hearts and occasionally holds out the prospect of redemption." Suzy Hansen, Salon (read more)

The Bostons by Carolyn Cooke

Review
"These characters are so unexpected, genuine, and deftly etched they will leave an imprint on even the most stubborn reader's heart." Diane Leslie, author of Fleur de Leigh's Life of Crime (read more)

Sam the Cat: And Other Stories by Matthew Klam

Review
"Repeatedly nails the fragile braggadocio of the modern American male....Each story takes on a memorable life of its own, thanks to Klam's...ability to find the perfect word or phrase." San Francisco Chronicle (read more)