Deborah Johnson has won the 2015 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction for her book, The Secret of Magic. Johnson has made history as the first woman and African-American author to win this award.

Here’s more from the press release: “The prize, authorized by Ms. Lee and co-sponsored by The University of Alabama School of Law and the ABA Journal, is given annually to a book-length work of fiction that best illuminates the role of lawyers in society and their power to effect change…The Secret of Magic was chosen by a distinguished panel of judges: Wayne Flynt, author and Alabama historian; Mary McDonagh Murphy, independent film and television writer and producer; and Michele Norris, NPR host and special correspondent.”

Johnson will accept this award at a ceremony which will be held at the Library of Congress’s Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C. This event has been scheduled to take place on September 3.

FROM: http://www.adweek.com/galleycat/deborah-johnson-wins-the-2015-harper-lee-prize-for-legal-fiction/107356?utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=galleycat&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter20150722

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