Everett’s reimagining of “Huck Finn” was among the big winners at a ceremony in New York that featured several politically ...

USC professor Percival Everett wins the National Book Award for Fiction for 'James,' a retelling of 'Huckleberry Finn' from ...

Percival Everett's reimagining of Mark Twain’s 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' just won the $10,000 National Book Award ...

Percival Everett’s “James" won the National Book Award for fiction. For nonfiction, Jason De León’s “Soldiers and Kings: ...

The following Q&A, which has been edited for length and clarity, is from our March interview with the author, published here ...

Jason De León received the nonfiction award for “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling.” ...

Percival Everett has won the National Book Award for fiction for his novel “James,” a reimagining of Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the point of view of the enslaved ...

American author Percival Everett's James, a daring reworking of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, has won the National Book ...

Percival Everett’s new novel, “James,” a retelling of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of Huck’s ...

The 75th National Book Awards celebrated with a ceremony, comedy from Kate McKinnon and music from Jon Batiste. Percival ...

Everett, a Brown University alum, was joined by winners in nonfiction, poetry, books in translation, and books for children.