GRACE has been shortlisted for the Prix Littérature Monde (World Literature Prize) in France. Huge thanks to the remarkable work of my translator Marina Boraso, and my publishing team at Albin Michel. The shortlist is (with translated titles as they are in French): • Jamey Bradbury, Wild , trad. Jacques Mailhos (Gallmeister) • Paul Lynch, Grace, trans. Marina Boraso (Albin Michel) • Francesca Melandri, All, Except Me, trad. Danièle Valin (Gallimard) • Jeroen Olyslaegers, Trouble, trans. Françoise Antoine (Stock) • Ron Rash, A Brutal Silence (Gallimard)