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Top Three Finalists Named for the 2013 Harper Lee Prize

May 29, 2013

The three finalists have been announced by the University of Alabama School of Law and the ABA Journal, co-sponsors of the Harper Lee Prize. They are: David Ellis for The Wrong Man; Paul Goldstein author of Havana Requiem and William Landay for Defending Jacob. You can help choose the 2013 winner by voting on the ABAJournal.com . The winner will be announced July 16. The prize will be awarded September 19, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. in conjunction with the Library of Congress National Book Festival.

Learn more about each book below, and then vote for your favorite!

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