Pakistani-American author Daniyal Mueenuddin has beenawarded the $20,000 Story Prize for his collection of connected short stories, In Other Rooms, Other Wonders, publishedby W. W. Norton. The Story Prize is an annual award honoring the author of anoutstanding collection of short stories.
The prize was presented to Mueenuddin at a reading andceremony held in New York City. In addition, short story collections by VictoriaPatterson (Drift, Mariner) and WellsTower (Everything Ravaged, EverythingBurned, FSG) were also honored and each author received a $5,000prize.
Judges for the StoryPrize were novelist and short story writer A M. Homes, critic and bookblogger Carolyn Kellogg, and Ohio-based public librarian Bill Kelly.
