Pomegranate Sky

Why can't I come up with titles as strong as Pomegranate Sky? No idea, but I certainly never come close.

In any case, the point of this post is to let you know that Louise Black's novel has won the Virginia Prize and will be published next year. You can read a booktrade item about her success here.

The novel is a love story set in the troubled world of contemporary Iran. It's got a terrific feel and thoroughly deserves its success. Tricia Wastvedt was the guru who originally helped with this. I advised too, but I'm not sure that I added anything at all to the mix.

Huge congrats to Louise for this. We've had plenty of books published before, plenty of books agented, but is this our first prize winner? I think it could just be. Hope the book does really well.