2013 Winners & Finalists

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Jack McDevitt

BIOGRAPHY
Joseph Crespino, Strom Thurmond’s America

CHILDREN’S BOOK
Sandra Page, Pyramid of the Lost World

ESSAY
Kathy A. Bradley, Breathing and Walking Around: Meditations of Life

FIRST NOVEL
Kimberly Brock, The River Witch

HISTORY
Steven Davis, What the Yankees Did to Us: Sherman’s Bombardment and the Wrecking of Atlanta

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 a Time

MEMOIR/AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Joseph Scott Morgan, Blood Beneath My Feet

NOVEL
June Hall McCash, Plum Orchard

POETRY
Dan Veach, Elephant Water

SHORT STORY
Cliff Graubart, The Curious Vision of Sammy Levitt and Other Stories

SPECIALTY BOOK
Ren & Helen Davis, Atlanta’s Oakland Cemetery: An Illustrated History and Guide