Tea Obreht Wins 2011 New Voices Award

Posted on May 2, 2012

Tea Obreht has been announced as the winner of the 2011 New Voices award for her novel, The Tiger's Wife (Random House). The New Voices award and cash prize is presented yearly by Quality Paperback Book Club to a writer of an outstanding work of debut fiction.

Past award winners include Miranda July for No One Belongs Here More Than You, Yann Martel for Life of Pi, David Foster Wallace for Girl with Curious Hair and Richard Russo for The Risk Pool.

Tea Obreht said, "'m so honored to be chosen for the QPB New Voices award, especially given the incredible roster of books by all the other finalists. Thank you so much to QPB for this recognition, and for the spotlight they shine every year on emerging writers."