The 2017 Paterson Fiction Prize winner for 2017 is Swimming in Hong Kong by Stephanie Han (Willow Springs Books, Spokane, WA).
FINALISTS:
Swallowed by the Cold by Jensen Beach (Graywolf Press, Minneapolis, MN)
The Loss of All Lost Things by Amina Gautier (Elixir Press, Denver, CO)
Scary Old Sex by Arlene Heyman (Bloomsbury USA, New York, NY)
Black Deutschland by Darryl Pinckney (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, NY)
The Silver Baron's Wife by Donna Baier Stein (Serving House Books, Florham Park, NJ)
The Good Life by Marian Thurm (The Permanent Press, Sag Harbor, NY)