Publisher’s Weekly recaps the fall Author Feast and Trade Show in Los Angeles and announces the winners of Saturday night’s Southern California Independent Booksellers Association book awards.
The association’s awards went to Jeanne Kelley for nonfiction (Blue Eggs and Yellow Tomatoes, Running Press), Dean Lorey for children’s novel (Nightmare Academy, HarperCollins), Dan Hanna for children’s picture book (The Pout-Pout Fish, FSG), David Benioff for fiction (City of Thieves, Penguin) and Joseph Wambaugh for the T. Jefferson Parker Mystery Award (Hollywood Crows, Little, Brown).
In an emotional acceptance speech, Wambaugh thanked the independent booksellers for giving him the award he considers the most special. “Honest to God,” he told the audience, “I really appreciate this.”
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