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Pat Conroy to Announce 2010 National
Book Award Finalists
 In
June we announced that the 2010 National Book Award
Finalists Announcement will take place on Wednesday,
October 13 at the Flannery
O’Connor Childhood Home in Savannah, Georgia.
We’re now pleased to add that acclaimed author
and Georgia native Pat Conroy will announce this year’s
Finalists in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young
People’s Literature.
Conroy is best known
for his novels, including The Great Santini (1976),
The Prince of Tides (1986), and most recently,
South of Broad (2009). He is also the author of
two nonfiction works: The Water Is Wide (1972)
and My Losing Season (2002). His latest project,
My Reading Life (due out in November, 2010),
is a chronicle and celebration of the books that have
shaped him. Conroy lives in Fripp Island, South Carolina,
with his wife, the novelist Cassandra King. For more
information, visit www.patconroy.com.
Photo: Courtesy of www.patconroy.com.
The 20 Finalists for the 2010
NBAs to be Announced at the Flannery O'Connor Childhood
Home in Savannah, Georgia. More
>
2010 National Book Awards Judges
Announced:
Click on the judge's
name for more information.
Fiction
Andrei
Codrescu, Samuel
R. Delany, Sabina
Murray,
Joanna Scott, Carolyn
See
Nonfiction
Blake
Bailey, Marjorie
Garber, Jennifer
Michael Hecht,
Seth Lerer,
Sallie Tisdale
Poetry
Rae
Armantrout, Cornelius
Eady, Linda
Gregerson,
Jeffrey McDaniel,
Brenda
Shaughnessy
Young
People’s Literature
Laban
Carrick Hill, Kelly
Link, Tor
Seidler,
Hope Anita Smith, Sara
Zarr
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