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OCTOBER 25, 2007
2007 Ohioana Awards Winners
The 2007 Ohioana Book Awards were announced last month. The award, which began in 1942, seeks to bring state and national attention to Ohio authors and their books. The awards are given for outstanding books published each year in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, juvenile books, poetry, and books about Ohio or an Ohioan. This years winners are...
- Fiction: The Teahouse Fire by Ellis Avery
- Nonfiction: The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast by Douglas Brinkley
- Poetry: Blue Front by Martha Collins
- Poetry: Declension in the Village of Chung Luong by Bruce Weigl
- Juvenile Literature: The Lemon Sisters by Andrea Cheng
- Juvenile Literature: Copper Sun by Sharon Draper
- About Ohio or an Ohioan: Growing Season: The Life of a Migrant Community by David Hassler and Gary Harwood
- 2007 Ohioana Career Award: Lois McMaster Bujold
The Ohioana Awards will be presented at the Ohioana Day celebration on Saturday, October 27 at the Ohioana Library/State Library of Ohio building in Columbus.
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