Zimbabwean Author Blessing Musariri Stands as the Only African Finalist for the $50,000 2026 Kirkus Prize
Blessing Musariri has made the shortlist for the 2026 Kirkus Prize, with her young adult novel When It’s Your Turn for Midnight selected as a finalist in the Young Readers’ Literature category and Young Adults subgroup. Of the 18 books competing across fiction, nonfiction, and young readers’ literature this year, Musariri stands as the only […]
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Blessing Musariri has made the shortlist for the 2026 Kirkus Prize, with her young adult novel When It’s Your Turn for Midnight selected as a finalist in the Young Readers’ Literature category and Young Adults subgroup. Of the 18 books competing across fiction, nonfiction, and young readers’ literature this year, Musariri stands as the only […]
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