Vote for the 2017 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction

Members of the public can help determine the winner of the 2017 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction.

The prize, which is sponsored by ABA Journal and the University of Alabama School of Law, is intended to recognize a work of fiction that best exemplifies the role of lawyers in society.

The three finalists this year are:

• Gone Again, by James Grippando
• The Last Days of Night, by Graham Moore
• Small Great Things, by Jodi Picoult

There is a judging panel of four:

• Deborah Johnson, winner of the 2015 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction for The Secret of Magic
• Cassandra King, author of The Same Sweet Girls Guide to Life
• Don Noble, host of Alabama Public Radio’s book-review series
• Han Nolan, author of Dancing on the Edge

The public vote will act as a fifth judge. Voting is open until June 30 at 11:59 p.m. Central Time.

The award is named after author Harper Lee, whose novel To Kill A Mockingbird, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961.