Booksology This week, the LA Times announced its 46th annual book awards. Winners and finalists include authors, literary advocates, and books from a wide range of genres. Winners will be announced at USC’s Bovard Auditorium on Friday, April 17, just before the prologue to the 31st Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, April 18-19.
Among the winners announced is Amy Tan, who will receive the Robert Kirsch Award for Lifetime Achievement. We Need Diverse Books will receive the Innovators Award, which recognizes efforts to move storytelling into the future. The Christopher Isherwood Award for Autobiographical Prose goes to Adam Ross for his book Playworld.
The LA Times Book Prize features 61 finalists competing in 13 different categories. Here are some categories and their finalists.
Art Seidenbaum Award First Fiction Finalists:
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