2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winners Announced
Posted on May 7, 2011
The winners of the 31st annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes have been announced. The winners were announced at The Times' Chandler Auditorium in an event hosted by book critic David L. Ulin.
2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winners
- Biography: Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience & Redemption (Random House)
- Current Interest: Michael Lewis, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (W. W. Norton & Company)
- Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction: Peter Bognanni, The House of Tomorrow (Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam)
- Fiction: Jennifer Egan, A Visit From the Goon Squad (Knopf)
- Graphic Novel: Adam Hines, Duncan the Wonder Dog: Show One (Adhouse Books)
- History: Thomas Powers, The Killing of Crazy Horse (Knopf)
- Mystery-Thriller: Tom Franklin, Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter (William Morrow)
- Poetry: Maxine Kumin, Where I Live: New & Selected Poems 1990-2010 (W. W. Norton & Company)
- Science & Technology: Oren Harman, The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness (W. W. Norton & Company)
- Young Adult Literature: Megan Whalen Turner, A Conspiracy of Kings (Greenwillow/HarperCollins)
- Robert Kirsch Award: Beverly Cleary
- Innovator's Award: Powell's Books
You can find a complete list of the finalists and past winners here.
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