Trouble the Saints
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel · 2021 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| World Fantasy Award for Best Novel | 2021 | Winner |
About This Book
In 1940s Harlem, three Black and brown women—an assassin, a numbers runner, and an idealist—must navigate a world of corrupt power and sacred gifts, as their intertwined fates move toward an inevitable reckoning.
About the Author
Alaya Dawn Johnson is an American author of speculative fiction known for her Zephyr Hollis urban fantasy series and numerous standalone novels and short stories. She won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel for Trouble the Saints (2021), a dark fantasy set in 1940s Harlem featuring assassins with supernatural gifts. Born in Washington, D.C. Read more →
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