We are thrilled to hear that Johanna Skibsrud, author of The Sentimentalists and the forthcoming collection This Will Be Difficult to Explain, has been longlisted for The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award 2012, for her story ‘Fat Man and Little Boy’. The award is to honour the finest writers of short stories in the UK and Ireland, with the winner receiving £30,000.
Everyone at William Heinemann and Windmill Books would like to congratulate Johanna on being longlisted and we all have our fingers crossed that ‘Fat Man and Little Boy’ will be part of the six story shortlist, to be announced on 4 March. The winner of the award will be revealed on 30 March at the Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival.
This Will Be Difficult to Explain is released on 1 March in William Heinemann hardback.
