On Saturday night, indie booksellers from throughout Southern California gathered at the Los Angeles Biltmore to hand out book awards at the annual Author’s Feast.
Here’s a rundown of the 2009 winners:
Fiction: Shanghai Girls by Lisa See (Random House)
Nonfiction: Celebrating with Julienne by Susan Campoy (Prospect Park Books)
T. Jefferson Parker Mystery Award: The Grift by Debra Ginsberg (Shaye Areheart Books)
Children’s Novel: Hunger by Michael Grant (HarperCollins)
Children Picture Book: Too Many Toys by David Shannon (Scholastic)
Glenn Goldman Art & Architecture Book Award: Faces of Sunset Boulevard by Patrick Ecclesine (Santa Monica Press) and Annie Liebowitz At Work by Annie Liebowitz (Random House) (tie)
Previously at California Authors: SoCal Independent Booksellers Awards, 2009 edition.
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