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    Here are the winners of this year’s LA Times Book Prizes.

    Katie Yee
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    April 17, 2020, 2:00pm

    This is the 40th year of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes (which celebrates excellence in the following twelve categories as well as champions new writers), but it is the first time the winners were announced on Twitter. You can feel like you’re a part of the virtual celebration with this video compilation of the winners’ speeches.

    Congratulations to all!

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    ART SEIDENBAUM AWARD FOR FIRST FICTION

    Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift
    (Hogarth)

     

    BIOGRAPHY

    Our Man_George Packer

    George Packer, Our Man
    (Knopf)

     

    CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD PRIZE FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL PROSE

    Black Is the Body

    Emily Bernard, Black Is the Body
    (Vintage)

     

    CURRENT INTEREST

    Charged_Emily Bazelon

    Emily Bazelon, Charged
    (Random House)

     

    FICTION

    Ben Lerner, The Topeka School

    Ben Lerner, The Topeka School
    (FSG)

     

    GRAPHIC NOVEL/COMICS

    the hard tomorrow

    Eleanor Davis, The Hard Tomorrow
    (Drawn & Quarterly)

     

    HISTORY

    Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers, They Were Her Property
    (Yale University Press)

     

    MYSTERY/THRILLER

    Steph Cha, Your House Will Pay

    Steph Cha, Your House Will Pay
    (Ecco)

     

    POETRYIlya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic

    Ilya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic
    (Graywolf Press)

    RAY BRADBURY PRIZE FOR SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY & SPECULATIVE FICTION

    marlon james, black leopard red wolf

    Marlon James, Black Leopard Red Wolf
    (Riverhead)

     

    SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

    Figuring_Maria Popova

    Maria Popova, Figuring
    (Vintage)

    award winners awards Ben Lerner Eleanor Davis Emily Bazelon Emily Bernard George Packer Ilya Kaminsky Maria Popova Marlon James Namwali Serpell Steph Cha Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers The Los Angeles Times Book Prize

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