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Article: Eugene author wins Kesey award.(Arts & Literature)("His Mother's Son" by Cai Emmons takes the top novel prize)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- November 15, 2003
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Byline: The Register-Guard
"His Mother's Son" by Cai Emmons of Eugene won the Ken Kesey Award for the Novel in the Oregon Book Awards.
Emmons is an assistant professor in the University of Oregon's creative writing program. Her novel, published in January by Harcourt Books, is a psychological thriller about an emergency room physician hiding a secret - that her troubled younger brother is a killer - and worrying about the anti-social behavior of her 6-year-old son.
Judge Pam Houston described Emmons' novel as "both extremely suspenseful and deeply complicated, which in my experience is a rare combination."
Emmons said Friday that it ...