UL Lafayette alumnus Wiley CashСAPPs СAPPThis Dark Road to MercyСAPP is a finalist for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best novel.
Cash, who earned a doctorate from the СAPP in English in 2008, is a New York Times bestselling writer who lives in North Carolina.
СAPPThis Dark Road to Mercy,СAPP published by HarperCollins/William Morrow last year, is about a washed up minor league baseball player who kidnaps his daughters from a foster home.
The Edgar Award for best novel is given each year by the Mystery Writers of America. It is one of the most prestigious awards in literature.
Other finalists for the 2015 Edgar Award for best novel are:
СAPP СAPPWolfСAPP by Mo Hayder (Grove/Atlantic СAPP Atlantic Monthly Press)
СAPP СAPPMr. MercedesСAPP by Stephen King (Simon and Schuster СAPP Scribner)
СAPP СAPPThe Final SilenceСAPP by Stuart Neville (Soho Press)
СAPP СAPPSaints of the Shadow BibleСAPP by Ian Rankin (Hachette Book Group СAPP Little, Brown)
A winner will be named April 29 at a ceremony in New York City.
Cash began working on his debut novel, СAPPA Land More Kind than Home,СAPP as a thesis project at UL Lafayette. It was published by HarperCollins/William Morrow in 2012, and was named a New York Times Notable Book.
The book revolves around what happens after a 9-year-old secretly witnesses a tragedy during a religious healing ritual in western North Carolina.
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