Georgia Author of the Year Awards 1997

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35th Annual Georgia Author Of The Year Awards (For books published in calendar 1997)

Contents 1 Creative Non Fiction 1.1 Memoir Division 1.2 Biography Division 1.3 Essay Division 1.4 Historical Division 1.5 Nature Writing Division 1.6 Cookbook Division 2 Children's/Young Adult Literature 2.1 Picture Book Division 2.2 Middle Reader Division 2.3 Young Adult Novel Division 2.4 Children's Nonfiction Division 3 First Novel 4 Fiction 5 Poetry

[edit] Creative Non Fiction

Judges: Dr. Donna Gessell & Dr. Robert Hill

[edit] Memoir Division

• Philip Williams - The Silent Stars Go By,
• Ben Baker - The Origins of Hawgin',
• Karen Austin - Blind Trust: A Child's Legacy,
• Ed Williams - Sex, Dead Dogs and Me,
• Joe Frank Harris - Personal Reflections and Public Life,
• Mills Lane with Jedwin Smith - Let's Get It On,
• John Lewis Walking With the Wind.

[edit] Biography Division

• Jack Bass and Marilyn Thompson - Ol'Strom,
• Mauriel Phillips Joslyn - A Meteor Shining Brightly,
• J. Richard Gruber - William Christenberry: The Early Years.

[edit] Essay Division

• Neal Boortz - The Terrible Truth About Liberals,
• Matt Towery - Powerchicks,
• D. Hadayai S. Majeed - Emerging Victorious,
• Monica Simmons - 365 Positive Strategies - Single Parenting,
• Frans de Waal - Chimpanzee Politics,
• Jimmy Carter - The Virtues of Aging,
• Jimmy Carter - Living Faith,
• Rosalynn Carter - Helping Someone With Mental Illness,
• John Johnston - In-mation Multiplicity.

[edit] Historical Division

• Tyler E. Bagwell - The Jekyll Island Club,
• Barbara Duffey - Miracles From Heaven,
• George C'de Baca - The Eden of La Cienega,
• John E. Worth - Timucuan Chiefdoms of Spanish Florida,
• Ellen Griffith Spears - The Newtown Story,
• Lewis Larson - The Georgia and South Carolina Coastal Expeditions of Clarence Bloomfield Moore,
• Ed Grisamore & Bill Buckley Once Upon a Whoopee,
• Margaret Anne Barnes - The Tragedy and the Triumph of Phenix City, Alabama,
• Philip L. Secrist - The Battle of Resaca,
• Eleanor Ringel - Star Gazing Movies and Astrology,
• Robin McDonald - Secrets Never Lie; The Death of Sara Tokars.

[edit] Nature Writing Division

• Linton Wright McKnight - Birthflowers of the Landscape,
• Don Hastings - Rich Harvest,
• Lee May - Gardening Life.

[edit] Cookbook Division

• Paula Deen - The Lady & Sons,
• Clara Belle Hooks Eshmann - Remember When: Family, Friends, Recipes.

[edit] Children's/Young Adult Literature

Judge: Sara Banks

[edit] Picture Book Division

• Evelyn Coleman - To Be a Drum,
• Sandra & William Markle - Gone Forever,
• Lynn Cullen - The Mightiest Heart - WINNER,
• Bobbie Christmas & Dale Butler - The Legend of Codfish and Potatoes,
• Monica Simmons, M.Ed - The Asterplanet Chronicles: Volumes 1-5.

[edit] Middle Reader Division

• Charles Haddad - Meet Calliope Day,
• Betsy Duffey - Cody's Secret Admirer,
• Betsy Duffey - Spotlight on Cody,
• Stan Applegate - The Devil's Highway.

[edit] Young Adult Novel Division

• Nancy Butts - The Door in the Lake,
• Brad Strickland - The Specter from the Magician's Museum,
• Mauriel Joslyn - Shenandoah Autumn,
• Erroll Bailey, M.D. - Mr. Dream Merchant.

[edit] Children's Nonfiction Division

• Evelyn Coleman - The Riches of Oseola McCarty,
• Naomi Shavin - Naomi Wants to Know,
• Cathy Goldberg Fishman - On Hanukkah,
• Sandra Markle - Outside and Inside Alligators,
• Sandra Markle - Weird, Wacky Science,
• Crystaline J. Prothro - I'm a Kid but I'm Not Kiddin',
• Gerald J. Beard - Me, Myself & I.

[edit] First Novel

Judge: Phillip DePoy

• Brad Johnson - The Bird that Flies Highest,
• Kimberly S. Phillips - Purpose Lies Within,
• James Kilgo - Daughter of My People,
• W. Lewis Johnson - Find a Way Home,
• Mark Skinner - House Spouse,
• Evelyn Coleman - What A Woman's Gotta Do,
• Phyllis Alesia Perry - Stigmata,
• William E. Boggan - Safe Sex.

[edit] Fiction

Judge: Ha Jin

• Beverly Conner - Dressed to Die,
• Jim Grimsley - Mr. Universe and Other Plays,
• Nora DeLoach - Mama Rocks the Empty Cradle,
• Philip Lawson - Would it Kill You to Smile?
• Ruth Birmingham (aka Walter Sorrells) - Atlanta Graves,
• Phillip DePoy - Too Easy,
• Kathy Hogan Trocheck - Midnight Clear,
• Virginia Lanier - Blind Bloodhound Justice,
• Frank Manley - The Cockfighter.

[edit] Poetry

Judge: Dr. Laurie O'Brien

• Barbara Ras - Bite Every Sorrow - WINNER,
• Martin Lammon - News From Where I Live,
• Thelma R. Hall - Sunlight and Stones,
• Jo Byce - Contemplations of the Spirit,
• Glenda Allen Chatham - Timepieces,
• Doyle Spence - Poems My Father Never Read,
• Margo Candelario - Take Me to the Water,
• Michael Bishop - Time Pieces,
• Memye Curtis Tucker - The Watchers,
• Memye Curtis Tucker - Stormline,
• Memye Curtis Tucker - Admit One,
• Linda Lee Harper - The Wide Load,
• Janet Wondra - Long Division.