The Good Thief has won the John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize, given each year by the Mercantile Library for the best first novel published in the United States.
Hannah Tinti is the author of the
short story collection Animal
Crackers and co-founder and
editor in chief of One Story
magazine. Her best-selling novel,
The Good Thief, is a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, winner of
the Quality Paperback Bookclub
New Voices Award, winner of the
John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize,
and a recipient of the American
Library Association's Alex Award.
