The longlist has been selected for the $5,000 Crook's Corner Book Prize, which honors "the best debut novel set in the American South." The winner will be announced in January. The longlist:
The Peach Seed by Anita Gail Jones (Holt)
Banyan Moon by Thao Thai (Mariner Books)
Coleman Hill by Kim Foote (SJP Lit)
Late Bloomers by Deepa Varadarajan (Random House)
Fireworks Every Night by Beth Raymer (Random House)
Ours by Phillip B. Williams (Viking)
In the Shadow of the Greenbrier by Emily Matchar (Putnam)
Redwood Court by DéLana R.A. Dameron (The Dial Press)
Colton Gentry's Third Act by Jeff Zentner (Grand Central Publishing)
Dixon, Descending by Karen Outen (Dutton)
