Drue Heinz Literature prize winner named

Last Friday, Shannon Cain was named the 2011 recipient of the Drue Heinz Literature prize for… Last Friday, Shannon Cain was named the 2011 recipient of the Drue Heinz Literature prize for her book, “The Necessity of Certain Behaviors.”

“From the mother who loads her children and her cannabis harvest into the minivan for a cross country trip, to the mayor’s wife caught pleasuring herself in the steam room at the Y, to the eco-adventuring urbanite who discovers a village in which bisexual non-monogamy is the norm, my characters are destined to suffer — and sometimes enjoy — the consequences of their own restless discontent,” Cain said in a press release Friday. The writer, who is from Tucson, Ariz., will have her book published by the University of Pittsburgh Press.

The Drue Heinz Literature prize is given to one fiction writer each year. In addition to getting their book published, the winner recieves an award of $15,000.