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The 2026 Shortlist

Top 30 Nominees

Meet the Nominees of the 2026 Ebobea Book Awards: 30 outstanding authors representing 30 nations.

Noa Tishby
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Israel

Noa Tishby

Darlis
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Venezuela

Darlis Stefany

Saira
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Pakistan

Saira Sheikh

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Iran

BabakMohammadi

Theodora
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Romania

Teodora Oniceanu

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Guatemala

Jennifer De Leon

Rita
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Portugal

Rita Piçarra

Paul
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Italy

Paul Cambria

Naomie Nishimwe
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Rwanda

Nishimwe Naomie

Daisy
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China

Daisy Wu

Marcelo
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Congo

Marcello Tunasi

Femi Otedola
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Nigeria

Femi Otedola

Victor
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Moldova

Victor Murray

Shehan
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Srilanka

Shehan Karunatilaka

Sanna
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Finland

Sanna Marin

Juan
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Dom.R

Juan Roberto

Jay
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United Kingdom

Jay Shetty

Robin Sharma
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Canada

Robin Sharma

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USA

Tra. Williams

India
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India

Nowsheena Farooq

Poitier
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Bahamas

John S.Poitier

Johnson
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Germany

L R Johnson

Flavia
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Brazil

Flávia Ceccato

Richard
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Philippines

Richard C. Logro

Tebogo
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South Africa

Tebogo Thekisho

Gregory
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Haiti

Gregory Toussaint

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Belize

Karin westdyk

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Morocco

Zineb Mekouar

Kasoka
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Zambia

Kasoka Sichone

Matilde
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Mozambique

Matilde Mbulo

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