The 2012 Colorado Book Awards were announced on June 22. The yearly awards, sponsored by Colorado Humanities, recognizes achievements of Colorado authors. Here are this year’s winners:
ANTHOLOGY/COLLECTIONS
“Monumental Majesty: 100 Years of Colorado National Monument”
Edited by Laurena Mayne Davis (The Daily Sentinel)
BIOGRAPHY
“The Man Who Never Died”
By William Adler (Bloomsbury)
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
“Light Up the Night”
By Jean Reidy (Disney Hyperion)
CREATIVE NONFICTION
“Dances in Two Worlds: A Writer-Artist’s Backstory”
By Thordis Simonsen (The Fundamental Note)
GENERAL NONFICTION
“Math for Life”
By Jeffrey Bennett (Roberts and Company)
GENRE FICTION
“The Soul Mirror”
By Carol Berg (Penguin Group USA)
HISTORY
“From Jars to the Stars”
By Todd Neff (Earthview Media)
JUVENILE LITERATURE
“City of Orphans”
By Avi (Simon & Schuster)
LITERARY FICTION
“The Weird Sisters”
By Eleanor Brown (Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam)
PICTORIAL
“Thomas W. Benton: Artist/Activist”
By Daniel Joseph Watkins (People’s Press)
POETRY
“Circle’s Apprentice”
By Dan Beachy-Quick (Tupelo Press)
YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
“Lucy Dakota: Adventures of a Modern Explorer Book 1 – Rocky Mountain Beginnings”
By Carol Sue Shride (My Piece of the Puzzle)
