{"id":816,"date":"2017-07-13T13:31:22","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T13:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floridareview.cah.ucf.edu\/?p=816"},"modified":"2017-07-13T13:31:22","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T13:31:22","slug":"julie-lekstrom-himes-first-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/floridareview\/2017\/07\/13\/julie-lekstrom-himes-first-novel\/","title":{"rendered":"Julie Lekstrom Himes&#8217; First Novel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Florida Review<\/em> author Julie Lekstrom Himes&#8217; first novel, <em>Mikhail and Margarita<\/em>, is one of twenty-two books on the <a href=\"http:\/\/centerforfiction.org\/awards\/the-first-novel-prize\/2017-first-novel-prize-long-list\/\">long list for the 2017 First Novel Prize from the Center for Fiction<\/a>. She won <em>The Florida Review<\/em> Editors&#8217; Award for Fiction in 2008, and her story &#8220;Packing Boxes&#8221; was published in 33.2. <em>Mikhail and Margarita<\/em>, published by Europa Editions, chronicles a love triangle set against the backdrop of Stalinist Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Review author Julie Lekstrom Himes&#8217; first novel, Mikhail and Margarita, is one of twenty-two books on the long list for the 2017 First Novel Prize from the Center for Fiction. She won The Florida Review Editors&#8217; Award for Fiction in 2008, and her story &#8220;Packing Boxes&#8221; was published in 33.2. 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