![]() ![]() The central characters are Wade and Jenny Mitchell and their two young daughters May and June. Ruskovich grew up in the Idaho Panhandle on the Hoodoo Mountain, the same dramatic landscape depicted in her novel. ![]() It’s the biggest thing to ever happen to me as a writer.” There’s not a hint of fatigue, considering her jetlag and hefty press schedule. ![]() She positively beams with a wide, bright smile and a mane of strawberry-blonde hair. It’s the highest monetary value of any award in the world for a novel published in English. ![]() She saw off stiff competition from nine other authors for the €100,000 prize, including Sally Rooney, Bernard MacLaverty and Jon McGregor. Ruskovich is just one of three women to receive such an honour (most recently Nicola Barker, in 2000) in the award’s 24-year history. They could only disclose her name over the telephone, it’s that top secret. It’s the day before her International Dublin Literary Award is announced, with a watertight embargo all week. I feel part of a secret club as I’m ushered into the basement of a swish Georgian office building to meet Emily Ruskovich, the debut author of Idaho (2017). ![]()
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