Nicholas Boggs is a finalist for the 2026 Pen America Literary Awards

We are thrilled to announce that Nicholas Bogg's biography Baldwin: A Love Story is a finalist for the 2026 Pen America Literary Awards!

Baldwin: A Love Story was published in the US in August 2025 and became an instant New York Times Bestseller. It was also:

A TIME TOP 10 BOOK OF 2025
AN ATLANTIC TOP 10 BOOK OF 2025
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2025
AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
FINALIST FOR THE NBCC JOHN LEONARD PRIZE

PEN America announced the finalists on the 2 February, and the winners will be announced at the 2026 Literary Awards Ceremony on March 31.

Read the full press release here.

Baldwin: A Love Story will be published in the UK by Bloomsbury in March 2026.