A book by local author Jane Harrington, “Women of The Fairy Tale Resistance: The Forgotten Founding Mothers of the Fairy Tale And the Stories That They Spun,” has been named by the Library of Virginia as one of 12 finalists for its annual People’s Choice Award.
The finalists represent the most-requested fiction and nonfiction titles by Virginia authors, or about the commonwealth, published in 2025.
Winners will be announced at the 29th annual Virginia Literary Awards Celebration, the commonwealth’s biggest night honoring its authors and their stories, on Sept. 19.
The public is invited to select the winners by voting anytime between June 1 and July 15, 2026.
Individuals can vote online at https://lvafoundation. org/peopleschoiceawards.
“Women of the Fairy Tale Resistance,” a finalist in the nonfiction category, focuses on the 17th-century salon writers who launched the first fairy tale craze with feminist, gender-bending tales that challenged kings and convention.
