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76th ANNUAL CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARDS WINNERS IN BRIEF
Gold Medal - Fiction: Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, Wizard of the Crow
Silver Medal - Fiction: T.C. Boyle, Talk Talk
Silver Medal - First Fiction: James Greer, Artificial Light
Gold Medal - Nonfiction: Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma
Silver Medal - Nonfiction: Sonia Nazario, Enrique's Journey
Silver Medal - Californiana: R.J. Smith, The Great Black Way
Gold Medal - Poetry: Ishmael Reed, New and Collected Poems, 1964-2006
Silver Medal - Young Adult: Katherine Sturtevant, A True and Faithful Narrative
Silver Medal - Juvenile: Milly Lee, Landed
Silver Medal - Contribution to Publishing: Children's Book Press,
GOLD MEDAL - FICTION Wizard of the Crow by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o (Pantheon) |
SILVER MEDAL - FICTION Talk Talk by T.C. Boyle (Viking) |
SILVER MEDAL - FIRST FICTION Artificial Light by James Greer (Akashic Books) |
GOLD MEDAL - NONFICTION The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press) |
SILVER MEDAL - NONFICTION Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario (Random House) |
SILVER MEDAL - CALIFORNIANA The Great Black Way by R.J. Smith (Public Affairs) |
GOLD MEDAL - POETRY New and Collected Poems, 1964-2006 by Ishmael Reed (Carroll & Graff) |
SILVER MEDAL - YOUNG ADULT A True and Faithful Narrative by Katherine Sturtevant (Farrar, Straus, Giroux) |
SILVER MEDAL - JUVENILE Landed by Milly Lee (Farrar, Straus, Giroux) |
SILVER MEDAL - CONTRIBUTION TO PUBLISHING Children's Book Press |
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