The Smoke that Thunders is the 2026 winner of the ANA/HRM EZE M.O. KANU Prize for Young Adult Literature!
This is such unexpected amazing news! The Smoke That Thunders was released in 2024 and it’s still winning awards. I’m so grateful to my publisher for putting the book out there and to the judges who loved the story.
I have a gut feeling this win is not the end for this book. It’s going to continue to find readers and home in literary spaces.