NOBEL PRIZE
Heinrich Böll
Elias Canetti
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Gabriela Mistral

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
Roger Shattuck, MARCEL PROUST (1975)

PULITZER PRIZE
Michelle Agins, Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting (2001)
Edward Humes, Pulitzer Prize for Specialized Reporting (1989)

OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK
Ken Follett, THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH (December 2007)

PEN CENTER BOOK PRIZE
Octavia E. Butler, Pen Lifetime Achievement Award
Edward Humes, NO MATTER HOW LOUD I SHOUT, Best Research Nonfiction (1996)

MACARTHUR FELLOWSHIP ("Genius Grant")
Octavia E. Butler (1995)

TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK
Stephanie Kallos, BROKEN FOR YOU (December 2004)
David Rosenfelt, BURY THE LEAD (June 2004)

RITA AWARD
Laura Lee Guhrke, CONOR'S WAY (Best Long Historical, 1997)
Lorraine Heath, ALWAYS TO REMEMBER (Best Short Historical, 1996)
Nora Roberts

• Multiple Award Winner, including:
  • REMEMBER WHEN, PART I (Best Romantic Suspense, 2004)
  • BIRTHRIGHT (Best Contemporary Single Title, 2004)
  • First author inducted into Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame

EDGAR AWARD
Ken Follett, EYE OF THE NEEDLE (1979)
Trish MacGregor, OUT OF SIGHT (Best Paperback 2002)

HUGO AWARD
Ellen Datlow, Best Professional Editor (2005)
Neil Gaiman, AMERICAN GODS (2002)
Joan D. Vinge, THE SNOW QUEEN, Best Novel (1981)

NEBULA AWARD
Neil Gaiman, CORALINE, Best Novella (2004)
Neil Gaiman, AMERICAN GODS (2002)
Octavia Butler, PARABLE OF TALENTS, Best Novel (1999)
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, HEALER'S WAR, Best Novel (1989)

WORLD FANTASY AWARD
Ellen Datlow (Ed., with Terri Windling)

• THE GREEN MAN: TALES FROM THE MYTHIC FOREST, Best Anthology (2003)
• SILVER BIRCH, BLOOD MOON, Best Anthology (2000)
• YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR, Best Anthology (1989, 1990, 1992)

James Morrow

• TOWING JEHOVAH, Best Novel (1995)
• ONLY BEGOTTEN DAUGHTER, Best Novel (1991)

IACP (International Association of Culinary Professionals) AWARDS
Dale DeGroff, CRAFT OF THE COCKTAIL, IACP Julia Child Award for Best First Book (2003)
Linda Eckhardt, BREAD IN HALF THE TIME, Best Cookbook Award, 1992
Maggie Glezer, A BLESSING OF BREAD (2005)

JAMES BEARD AWARD
Maggie Glezer, ARTISAN BAKING ACROSS AMERICA (2001)
Katherine DeFoyd and Linda Eckhardt, ENTERTAINING 101, Best Entertaining Cookbook of the Year (1999)
Michele Urvater, MONDAY TO FRIDAY COOKBOOK, Convenience Award (1993)
Maggie Glezer, A BLESSING OF BREAD (2005)

THE KORET AWARD
Isaac Babel, THE COMPLETE WORKS

LINCOLN AWARD
Allen C. Guelzo, LINCOLN’S EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION: THE END OF SLAVERY IN AMERICA

QUILL AWARDS
Nora Roberts, BLUE SMOKE, Best Romance Novel (2006)

NEWBERY MEDAL
Susan Patron, THE HIGHER POWER OF LUCKY (2006)
Sharon Creech, WALK TWO MOONS (1995)
Cynthia Rylant, MISSING MAY (1993)
Robin McKinley, THE HERO AND THE CROWN (1985)
Cynthia Voigt, DICEY'S SONG (1983)

NEWBERY HONOR
Polly Horvath, EVERYTHING ON A WAFFLE (2001)
Sharon Creech, THE WANDERER (2001)
Jack Gantos, JOEY PIGZA LOSES CONTROL (2001)
Bette Greene, PHILIP HALL LIKES ME, I RECKON MAYBE (1975)
Ann M. Martin, A CORNER OF THE UNIVERSE (2003)
Robin McKinley, THE BLUE SWORD (1983)
Cynthia Rylant, A FINE WHITE DUST (1987)
Cynthia Voigt, A SOLITARY BLUE (1984)

MICHAEL L. PRINTZ AWARD
John Green, LOOKING FOR ALASKA (2006)
An Na, A STEP FROM HEAVEN (2002)

MICHAEL L. PRINTZ HONOR
John Green, ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES (2007)
Laurie Halse Anderson, SPEAK (2002)
Jennifer Donnelly, A NORTHERN LIGHT (2004)
Garret Freymann-Weyr, MY HEARTBEAT (2003)
Jack Gantos, HOLE IN MY LIFE (2003)
Chris Lynch, FREE WILL (2001)
Carolyn Mackler, THE EARTH, MY BUTT, AND OTHER BIG ROUND THINGS (2004)
Kenneth Oppel, AIRBORN (2005)
Elizbeth Partridge, JOHN LENNON (2006)

CALDECOTT HONOR
Barbara Kerley, THE DINOSAURS OF WATERHOUSE HAWKINS (2002)
Kadir Nelson (illustrator), MOSES: WHEN HARRIET TUBMAN LED HER PEOPLE TO FREEDOM (2007)
Dav Pilkey, THE PAPERBOY (1997)
Stephen Johnson, ALPHABET CITY (1996)
Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith, THE STINKY CHEESE MAN & OTHER FAIRLY STUPID STORIES (1993)
Diane Goode (text by Cynthia Rylant), WHEN I WAS YOUNG IN THE MOUNTAINS (1983)

EDGAR AWARD
Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler, IN DARKNESS, DEATH, Best YA Mystery (2004)

Rob MacGregor

• PROPHECY ROCK, Best Young Adult Mystery (1996)
• HAWK MOON, Best Young Adult Mystery (1997)

Joan Lowry Nixon

• Only 4-time Best Juvenile Mystery winner for:
  • THE KIDNAPPING OF CHRISTINA LATTIMORE (1980)
  • THE SÉANCE (1981)
  • THE OTHER SIDE OF DARK (1987)
  • THE NAME OF THE GAME WAS MURDER (1994)

Cynthia Voigt, THE CALLENDAR PAPERS, Best Juvenile Mystery (1984)

CARNEGIE MEDAL
Sharon Creech, RUBY HOLLER (2003) [First American to win the Carnegie, a UK award]
Jennifer Donnelly, A NORTHERN LIGHT (2004)

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER
Polly Horvath, THE CANNING SEASON (2003)
Kimberly Willis Holt, WHEN ZACHARY BEAVER CAME TO TOWN

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTS
Chris Lynch, INEXCUSABLE (2005)
Deborah Wiles, EACH LITTLE BIRD THAT SINGS(2005)
Laban Carrick Hill, HARLEM STOMP!: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE (2004)
Elizabeth Partridge, THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU AND ME (2002)
Laurie Halse Anderson, SPEAK (2002)
Polly Horvath, THE TROLLS (2001)

PEN AWARD
(Recognizing a superb new voice among American writers of children's literature)
Cynthia Grant, PEN-Norma Klein Award (1991) [First winner]

PEN-Phyllis
Naylor Working Writer Fellowship
Franny Billingsley (2003)
Deborah Wiles (2004)
Amanda Jenkins (2005)

LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK AWARD
Jennifer Donnelly, A NORTHERN LIGHT (2004)

NEW YORK TIMES BEST ILLUSTRATED BOOKS OF THE YEAR
Dan Yaccarino, EVERY FRIDAY, (2007)
Lane Smith, JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE, & BEN (2006)
Dave McKean, THE WOLVES IN THE WALLS, (2003)
Vladimir Radunsky, THE MIGHTY ASPARAGUS (2002)
Stephen Johnson, ALPHABET CITY, (1995)
Michael McCurdy

• THE OWL SCATTERER [illustrator], (1986)
• THE SEASONS SEWN: A Year in Patchwork [illustrator], (1996)

Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith, THE STINKY CHEESE MAN AND OTHER FAIRLY STUPID TALES (1992)

GRAMMY AWARD WINNER
THE TRAIN THAT CALLED THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, by Steve Goodman; Michael McCurdy illustrating; Live Oak Media producing. Best Spoken Word Album For Children (2004)

BORDERS ORIGINAL VOICES AWARD
Jennifer Donnelly, A NORTHERN LIGHT (2004)
Linda Smith and Marla Frazee, MRS. BIDDLEBOX (2002)

BOOK SENSE BOOK OF THE YEAR
Christopher Paolini, ERAGON (2004)

E.B. WHITE READ-ALOUD AWARD
Deborah Wiles, EACH LITTLE BIRD THAT SINGS(2005)

THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL MEDAL
Cynthia Rylant, HENRY AND MUDGE AND THE GREAT GRANDPAS (2006)

THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL HONOR
Chris Van Dusen, MERCY WATSON GOES FOR A RIDE (2007)
Erica Silverman, COWGIRL KATE AND COCOA (2006)

BOSTON GLOBE/HORN BOOK HONOR
Deborah Hopkinson, SKY BOYS: HOW THEY BUILT THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING (2006)
Cynthia Rylant, GOD WENT TO BEAUTY SCHOOL (2004)
Franny Billingsley, THE FOLK KEEPER (2000)
Cynthia Rylant, MISSING MAY (1992)

MARGARET A. EDWARDS AWARD
Cynthia Voight (1995)

CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATION
Kadir Nelson, MOSES: WHEN HARRIET TUBMAN LED HER PEOPLE TO FREEDOM (2007)
Kadir Nelson, ELLINGTON WAS NOT A STREET (2004)

CORETTA SCOTT KING HONOR FOR ILLUSTRATION
Kadir Nelson, THUNDER ROSE (2003)