Susan Vinocour's work of narrative non-fiction short-listed for J.Anthony Lukas award.

“Nobody’s Child: A Tragedy, A Trial, and the History of the Insanity Defense” has been short-listed for the J.Anthony Lukas Work in Progress Award offering through the Harvard and Columbia Schools of Journalism. See this link for details: https://journalism.columbia.edu/announcing-2018-j-anthony-lukas-prize-project-awards-shortlist

Additional praise for “Nobody’s Child”:

“A deeply moving tale of what happens when we ‘treat’ severe poverty ad mental illness through the criminal justice system. Drawing on her first-hand experience and expertise with a modern-day insanity defense trial, Vinocour writes like a novelist, showing us in riveting detail just how injustice operates.” David Cole, National Legal Director, ACLU, and author of “Engines of Liberty”