New York Times bestselling author Tosca Lee has won a third International Book Award—this time in the Historical Fiction category—for her 2023 WWII novel, The Long March Home co-authored with fellow New York Times bestseller, Marcus Brotherton. The Long March Home is a novel about a dark chapter of WWII history, the Bataan Death.
About The Long March Home:
Jimmy Propfield joined the army for two reasons: to get out of Mobile, Alabama, with his best friends Hank and Billy and to forget his high school sweetheart, Claire. Life in the Philippines seems like paradise–until the morning of December 8, 1941, when news comes from Manila: Imperial Japan has bombed Pearl Harbor.
Within hours, the teenage friends are plunged into war as enemy warplanes attack Luzon, beginning a battle for control of the Pacific Theater that will culminate with a last stand on the Bataan Peninsula and end with the largest surrender of American troops in history. What follows will become known as one of the worst atrocities in modern warfare: the Bataan Death March.
With no hope of rescue, the three friends vow to make it back home together. But the ordeal is only the beginning of their nearly four-year fight to survive. Inspired by true stories, The Long March Home is a gripping coming-of-age tale of friendship, sacrifice, and the power of unrelenting hope
The Long March Home: A WWII Novel of the Pacific took the New York Times bestselling author duo of Tosca Lee and Marcus Brotherton 12 years to write. The book has earned three starred reviews and Historical Novel Society’s “highest recommendation.”
“A must-read literary triumph.” Booklist starred review
“[A] tour de force.” Publishers Weekly starred review
The win marks Lee’s third International Book Award; her 2019 novels The Line Between and A Single Light have also won the prestigious award in the Thriller/Suspense and Science Fiction categories, respectively. The award marks the latest of Lee’s awards, which include Killer Nashville’s Silver Falchion, Christian Book of the Year, and the Nebraska Book Award.
The International Book Awards celebrates excellence in all sections of the publishing industry. Over 2000 entries were submitted to this year’s awards.
Tosca Lee is the New York Times bestselling author of twelve novels including The Line Between, The Progeny, The Legend of Sheba, Iscariot and The Long March Home (with New York Times bestselling author Marcus Brotherton). Her work has been translated into seventeen languages and optioned for TV and film.
She is the recipient of multiple awards including three International Book Awards, Killer Nashville’s Silver Falchion, ECPA Book of the Year in Fiction, and the Nebraska Book Award. Her work has finaled for the High Plains Book Award, the Library of Virginia Reader’s Choice Award, the Christy Award, and a second ECPA Book of the Year. The Line Between was a Goodreads Choice Awards semifinalist for Best Mystery/Thriller of 2019. In addition to the New York Times, her books have appeared on the IndieBound and inspirational bestseller lists, Library Journal’s Best Of lists, Booklist’s Top 10, and as part of Target Stores’ “Target Recommends” program.
Lee’s work has been praised by Publisher’s Weekly, The Historical Novel Society, Booklist, Kirkus, Woman’s World, BookReporter, The Dallas Morning News, and The Midwest Book Review, as “deeply human…” “powerful…” and “mind-bending historical fiction.” A public speaker with 30 years of experience, Lee is a featured presenter and guest of honor at writer’s conferences and literary events throughout the nation and serves on International Thriller Writers’ board of directors.
Born in Virginia, Lee grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska and earned her bachelor’s degree in English from Smith College. A former Fortune Global 500 consultant with the Gallup Organization, Mrs. Nebraska, and first runner-up to Mrs. United States, she is married to a Nebraska farmer and lives south of Fremont, Nebraska with her family. For more on Tosca, please visit: www.toscalee.com.
