From LA Times Book Prize Award Winner and Edgar Award Nominee Malla Nunn comes SUGAR TOWN QUEENS - a stunning portrait of a family divided and the bonds that knit our communities. Coming August 3, 2021!
'When The Ground Is Hard' shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Award
Malla Nunn’s “When the Ground is Hard,” is the 2019 winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for young-adult literature.
When The Ground is Hard wins the Josette Frank Award
When The Ground is Hard is shortlisted for the CBCA book of the year.
When The Ground is Hard is Highly Commended in the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2020
Malla's 'When The Ground is Hard' is on the Kirkus Reviews list of top YA Historical Fiction novels for 2019.
Read reviews of Malla's recently released young adult novel.
I wanted to write a story that proved the truth of my mother’s favorite African proverb, “When the ground is hard, the women dance.”
The seed that was planted a long time ago and grew into a book...