The Oregon Book Awards took place last night, and the Oregonian has a nice article about the authors and their books. Poets and Authors also has more details.
We're pleased to mention that Washington County libraries have all six of the Oregon Book Award winners books.
Creative Nonfiction:
Convictions: A Prosecutor's Battle Against Mafia Killers, Drug Kingpins, and Enron Thieves, by John Kroger (the Oregon attorney general).
General Nonfiction:
Hiding Man: A Biography of Donald Barthelme, by Tracy Daugherty.
Fiction:
Livability, by Jon Raymond of Portland.
Young Adult Literature:
I.Q. Book One: Independence Hall, by Roland Smith of Wilsonville.
Poetry:
All-American Poem, by Matthew Dickman of Portland.
Children's Literature:
Keep On! The Story of Matthew Henson, Co-Discoverer of the North Pole, by Deborah Hopkinson of West Linn.
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