The Correspondent PEN/Hemingway Award & Movie Announcement

By Sara Eslami | March 20 2026 | Adult

Virginia Evans has won the 2026 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel. She will be accepting the award on 4/26 in Boston, ahead of her sold-out event with Hummingbird Books that evening.

Additionally, earlier this week, Deadline announced that Lionsgate won a seven-studio bidding war for film rights to The Correspondent. The adaptation has Jane Fonda attached to star, with Todd Lieberman producing, and Virginia Evans as an executive producer alongside Cat Vasko.  We saw a nice bump in POS after the announcement, so fans are definitely paying attention.

The Correspondent: Deluxe Edition
The Correspondent: Deluxe Edition
Virginia Evans
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A deluxe hardcover edition of the year's breakout novel, The Correspondent, featuring:Printed case wrap with textured debossingDeckled edgesFull-color designed endpapersBookmark ribbonExclusive letter from author “Subtly told and finely made, The Correspondent is a portrait of a small life expanding. Virginia Evans shows how one woman changes at a point when change had seemed impossible. That change, like this novel, turns out to be a cause for celebration.”—Ann Patchett
$35.00 US
Apr 14, 2026
Hardcover
304 Pages
Crown
US, Canada, Open Mkt
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The Correspondent
The Correspondent
Virginia Evans
9780593798430
“Subtly told and finely made, The Correspondent is a portrait of a small life expanding. Virginia Evans shows how one woman changes at a point when change had seemed impossible. That change, like this novel, turns out to be a cause for celebration.”—Ann Patchett A woman tries to heal old wounds and make sense of the world the only way she knows how—through letters—in this charming, laugh out loud debut novel about a life fully lived.
$28.00 US
Apr 29, 2025
Hardcover
304 Pages
Crown
US, Canada, Open Mkt
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