Austin Ratner Wins Jewish Literature Prize for 'The Jump Artist'

The Jewish Book Council has named Austin Ratner the winner of the $100,000 2011 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature in fiction for his debut novel, The Jump Artist (Bellevue Literary Press). The council also named Joseph Skibell, author of A Curable Romantic (Algonquin), the 2011 runner-up and recipient of the $25,000 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature Choice Award.