Being on the Mystery panel-- especially for the first year that the genre was included in the awards was a very special and enlightening experience. Everyone on the panel with me was great!
If you're in the mood for some excellent reading, here's the list of the winners and the runners-up:
2011 Indie Lit Award Winners
Biography/Memoir
Winner: Little Princes by Conor Grennan
Runner-Up: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua
Runner-Up: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua
GLBTQ
Winner: Nina Here Nor There: My Journey Beyond Gender by Nick Krieger
Runner-Up: Huntress by Malinda Lo
Runner-Up: Huntress by Malinda Lo
Fiction
Winner: Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
Runner-Up: Dance Lessons by Aine Greaney
Runner-Up: Dance Lessons by Aine Greaney
Mystery
Winner: A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
Runner-Up: Fun and Games by Duane Swierczynski
Runner-Up: Fun and Games by Duane Swierczynski
Non-Fiction
Winner: Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckhoff
Runner-Up: Berlin 1961 by Frederick Kempe
Runner-Up: Berlin 1961 by Frederick Kempe
Poetry
Winner: Catalina by Laurie Soriano
Runner-Up: What Looks Like an Elephant by Edward Nudelman
Runner-Up: What Looks Like an Elephant by Edward Nudelman
Speculative Fiction
Winner: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Runner-Up: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Runner-Up: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Cathy - Thanks for sharing this. I think indie lit is such an important part of the book scene and it's good to see those authors get some recognition. And thanks for your involvement, too.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, Margot. My involvement was short-lived, but interesting and very worthwhile.
DeleteI'm so happy to see Louise Penny's A Trick of the Light won for mystery. She's a gem and every book is better than the last.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it amazing how each book gets better and better? I love her books!
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