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The 2019 Tournament of Books was presented by Field Notes, and that year’s Rooster went to My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite, who had this to say about the win:
I did not realize that what I was missing in my life was a live rooster. But there is so much about the Tournament that has proven to be surprising and fun. I am honoured to have been shortlisted, moved by the comments and feedback, and astounded by the win. It feels like something out of a movie. Thank you for the experience.
Relive the Action
Play-in Match
March 6 • Arianna Rebolini
America Is Not the Heart v. Speak No Evil v. A Terrible Country
Opening Round
March 7 • Kate Petersen
Warlight v. Call Me Zebra
March 8 • Chelsea Leu
Milkman v. The Italian Teacher
March 11 • Nichole Perkins
Washington Black v. The Dictionary of Animal Languages
March 12 • Molly Fischer
Census v. The Golden State
March 13 • J. Howard Rosier
The Overstory v. My Sister, the Serial Killer
March 14 • Willa Paskin
The House of Broken Angels v. So Lucky
March 15 • Evan Handler
The Mars Room v. The Parking Lot Attendant
March 18 • Sandy Allen
There There v. America Is Not the Heart
Quarterfinals
March 19 • Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt
Warlight v. Milkman
March 20 • Rion Amilcar Scott
The Dictionary of Animal Languages v. The Golden State
March 21 • Tomi Obaro
The Overstory v. The House of Broken Angels
March 22 • Myriam Gurba
The Mars Room v. There There
Semifinals
March 25 • Christy Heron-Clark
Warlight v. The Dictionary of Animal Languages
March 26 • Kelsey Osgood
The House of Broken Angels v. The Mars Room
Zombie Round
March 27 • SJ Sindu
There There v. Warlight
March 28 • Zan Romanoff
My Sister, the Serial Killer v. The Mars Room
Championship
March 29 • All Judges
Warlight v. My Sister, the Serial Killer