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Florida Book Awards

FHC is a co-sponsor of the annual Florida Books Awards program which recognizes and honors the best work of Florida writers and scholars during the previous year. Excerpts of some of the honorees as well as information about all of the winning authors can be found in the summer issue of FORUM magazine.

FLORIDA BOOK AWARD WINNERS

All books may be purchased by clicking on the book title.

Nonfiction:

Gold: Cynthia Barnett, Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S
Siver:  Bruce Hunt, Florida Then & Now
Bronze: Sudye Cauthen, Southern Comforts: Rooted in a Florida Place
Bronze: Elna Green, Looking for the New Deal

 

General Fiction:

Gold: Enid Shomer, Tourist Season 
Siver: Leonard Nash, You Can’t Get There from Here
Bronze: Diana Abu-Jaber, Origin

 

Poetry:

Gold: David Kirby, House on Boulevard Street
Siver: Reginald Shepherd, Fata Morgana
Bronze: Julianna Baggott, Compulsions of Silkworms and Bees

 

Young Adult:

Gold: Tracy A. Akers, The Search for the Unnamed One 
Siver: Edward Bloor, Taken
Bronze: Crissa-Jean Chappell, Total Constant Order

 

Children's:

Gold: Adrian Fogelin, The Sorta Sisters 
Siver: N.E. Bode, The Slippery Map
Bronze: Ruth Vander Zee, Eli Remembers

 

Popular Fiction:

Gold: Thomas B. Cavanagh, Head Games 
Siver: James W. Hall, Magic City
Bronze: Mary Anna Evans, Effigies

Bronze: Rhonda Pollero, Knock Off

 

Spanish-Language:

Gold: Germán Guerra, Libro de Silencio 
Siver: Ariel González, Samuel Maximo y Niketon