The Los Angeles Times has announced the finalists for the 2021 Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, part of the 41st annual L.A. Times Book Prizes. Last year’s inaugural Bradbury prize went to Marlon James for his fourth book, Black Leopard, Red Wolf.
This year’s Bradbury Award finalists:
- Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
- Lakewood: A Novel by Megan Giddings
- The City We Became: A Novel by N. K. Jemisin
- The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
- Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda, translated by Polly Barton
The L.A. Times Book Prizes honor the best books of the preceding year in one of the preeminent literary festivals in the United States. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, a reimagined awards ceremony will be held virtually on Friday, April 16.