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2008 Washington State Book Award winners honored last night
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The ceremony for the 2008 Washington State Book Award (formerly the Governor's Writer's Award) was held last night at 7 p.m. at the Seattle Central Library. Now in it's 42nd year, the award is given out every year to outstanding books published by Washington writers. Last year's winners included Charles D' Ambrosio and Jack Prelutsky.
The 2008 winners for fiction, poetry, history/ biography, nonfiction, and children's books all received a $1000 honorarium.
Fiction: "Bad Monkeys: A Novel" by Matt Ruff
Poetry: "The Grace of Necessity" by Samuel Green
History/ Biography: "Native Seattle Histories from the Crossing-Over Place" by Coll Thrush.
General Nonfiction: "Dirt: the Erosion of Civilizations" by David R. Montgomery
Scandiuzzi Children's Book Award (Children's Category): "Rabbit's Gift" by George Shannon and illustrated by Laura Dronzek
Scandiuzzi Children's Book Award (Young Adult Category): "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
I'll be honest with you. I've only lived in Seattle for a few months and until this week I didn't even know there was a Washington State Book Award, so I have read exactly one of these winning books. Can you guess which title?
If you guessed Alexie's "Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" you win. It should come as no surprise that Alexie won the Washington State Book Award for his semi-autobiographical novel considering he won the National Book Award for this title last year. It's a phenomenally good story about a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Though it is marketed for Young Adults, I would recommend this book to everyone including my grandmother. It's beautifully written and the illustrations are by Seattle author and artist Ellen Forney.
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