Me & the PEN USA “LitFest” in L.A. « May-lee Chai's Blog

The LitFest Awards Banquet at the Beverly Hills Hotel (swanky!) celebrated this year's winners of Pen USA's literary awards in 10 categories as well as a lifetime achievement award. I served as a judge in the creative nonfiction category ... Ultimately we decided Steve Lopez deserved the top prize for his book THE SOLOIST. No, it's NOT like the movie. The book is sooooo much better. I felt that if we had to choose one book out of the 60 to put in a time capsule this would ...