Tayari Jones’ book ‘Kin’ receives the Kirkus Prize for fiction, along with a $50,000 prize.

The Kirkus Prize has recognized three authors this year: Tayari Jones for fiction with her novel Kin, Paula Colloff for nonfiction with Catch the Devil, and Elizabeth Acevedo for young readers’ literature with Anger Is Only a Shadow. Each winner receives a $50,000 cash prize. Notable finalists included Colson Whitehead and Douglas Stuart. Established in 2014 by Kirkus Reviews, the award has previously honored authors like Whitehead and Ta-Nehisi Coates.