Congratulations to all of the 2019 Georgia Author of the Year Award nominees. BIOGRAPHY Vincent Coppola, Tommy Malone, Trial Lawyer: And the Light Shone Through…The Guiding Hand Shaping One of America’s Greatest Trial Lawyer William Foege, The Fears of the Rich, The Needs of the Poor: My Years at the CDC Ruby Lal, Empress: The …
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Biography Winner: Suffer and Grow Strong: The Life of Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas, 1834-1907 by Carolyn Newton Curry Biography Finalist: To Make a Difference by James T. McAffee, Jr. Children’s Book Winner: Little Pearl’s Circus World by Charmain Zimmerman Brackett Children’s Book Finalist: Summers at Howard Creek by Gloria Ludlam Bennett Detective/Mystery Winner: Wasted by …
First Novel Victoria Wilcox InheritanceFiction Novel Raymond Atkins Camp Redemption Poetry Robert E. Wood The Awkward Poses of Others Biography Jim Elledge Henry Darger, Throwaway Boy: The Tragic Life on an Outsider Artist Inspirational-Religious David P. Gushee The Sacredness of Human Life: Why an Ancient Biblical Vision is Key to the World’s Future Inspirational-Secular Jessica …
First Novel Kimberly Brock The River WitchNovel June Hall McCash Plum OrchardPoetry Dan Veach Elephant Water Biography Joseph Crespino Strom Thurmond’s America Inspirational – Religious J. Steve Miller Near Death Experiences as Evidence for the Existence of God and Heaven Inspirational – Secular Patricia Martin Holt Committee of One: Making a Difference, One Life at …
First Novel Ann Hite Ghost on Black MountainFiction Man Martin Paradise DogsPoetry Alice Friman Vinculum: Poems Biography Jaclyn Weldon White The Greatest Champion that Never Was: The Life of W.L. “Young” Stribling Inspirational Tom Scales Terrible Things Happened to Me: A True Story of Violence & Victory Memoir Nancy Stephan Truth About Butterflies History …
First Novel June Hall McCash Almost to EdenFiction Joshilyn Jackson Backseat SaintsPoetry Phillip Lee Williams The Flower Seeker: An Epic Poem of William Bartram Biography Larry L. McSwain Loving Beyond Your Theology:The Life and Ministry of Jimmy Raymond Allen Inspirational Justin Spizman and Robyn Spizman Don’t Give Up…Don’t Ever Give Up Memoir D. Craig Rikard …
First Novel Ray Atkins The Front Porch ProphetFiction Jack Riggs The Fireman’s WifePoetry Ed Pavlic The Winners Have Yet to Be Announced Children’s Picture Book Gail Langer Karwoski River Beds Children’s Mid Reader Pamela Bauer Mueller Aloha Crossing Young Adult Ted Dunagan The Yellow Watermelon Creative Non-Fiction Essay Kathryn McClymond Beyond Sacred Violence: A …
First Novel Man Martin Days of Endless Corvette [Carroll & Graff]Fiction Terry Kay The Book of Marie [Mercer]Poetry Turner Cassity Devils & Islands:Poems [Swallow Press] Children’s Picture Book Grady Thrasher Tim and Sally’s Vegetable Garden [Hill Street Press] Children’s Mid Reader Shelia Moses Sallie Gal and the Wall-a-kee Man [Scholastic, Inc.] Young Adult Pamela Bauer Mueller An …
First Novel Pamela Jackson On This Side of HeavenFiction Joshilyn Jackson Between, GeorgiaPoetry Jim Elledge A History of My Tattoo Anthologies/Short Stories William Walsh,ed Under the Rock Umbrella Children’s Picture Book Erin Harris Elephant on My Roof Children’s Mid Reader Carole Marsh The Secret of Skullcracker Swamp Young Adult Tom Dietz Windmaster’s Bane Creative Non-Fiction …
First Novel Brian Jay Corrigan The Poet of Loch NessFiction David Fulmer JassPoetry Sandra Meek BurnChildren’s/Young Adult Literature Sheila Moses I, Dred Scott Creative Non-Fiction Essay Jimmy Carter Our Endangered Values Creative Non-Fiction Biography Steve Suitts Hugo Black of AlabamaCreative Non-Fiction Memoir Sidney Pike We Changed the WorldCreative Non-Fiction History James C. Cobb The Brown …
