John Smelcer's Nomination for a PEN Award Gets Pulled, and More Details About His Past Emerge

by Rich SmithJohn Smelcer's young-adult novel Stealing Indians has been "withdrawn" from the list of finalists for the 2017 Literary Award, says PEN Center USA. SCREENGRAB FROM JOHNSMELCER.COM
Today, PEN Center USA pulled John Smelcer's Stealing Indians from the short list of young-adult novels nominated for a 2017 Literary Award. The news comes five days after The Stranger published this report on John Smelcer, and three days after the Los Angeles Times added new information to the story with r