James Hanna wins book award and publishes polemical tale

Written By Carol Ann Lapeyrouse

James Hanna’sLights Out Lizzie won the 2026 International Book Award for Fiction Novella. The story follows Gertie McDowell, a Kentucky misfit-turned-wrestler after prison. James also published his polemical tale, “Keeping Authors in Their Place,” in The Satirist, an online publication devoted to original satire and parody.

Carol Ann Lapeyrouse
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