The finalists for the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize have been announced. Winners will be selected in the following categories: Biography, Current Interest, Fiction, First Fiction, Graphic Novel, History, Mystery/Thriller, Poetry, Science & Technology, and Young Adult Literature.
Fiction Finalists:
Heroic Measures by Jill Ciment
The Man in the Wooden Hat by Jane Gardam
Blame by Michelle Huneven
A Short History of Women by Kate Walbert
A Happy Marriage by Rafael Yglesias
First Fiction Finalists:
An Elegy for Easterly by Petina Gappah
Tinkers by Paul Harding
American Rust by Philipp Meyer
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned by Wells Tower
Current Interest Finalists:
Columbine by Dave Cullen
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
The Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
The Healing of America: The Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Healthcare by T.R. Reid
The prizes will be awarded on April 23, 2010.
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