62nd annual Georgia Author of the Year Award winners announced

Nonprofit literary organization Georgia Writers has announced the winners and finalists for the Georgia Author of the Year Awards.

The 62nd edition of these awards was highly competitive, with 111 nominees in 14 categories, according to the announcement.

On the Georgia Writers’ website, you can read the judges’ citations and learn more about the winning authors and their books.

BIOGRAPHY

Winner: I am a Georgia Girl: The Life of Lucille Selig Frank by Ann Hite
Finalist: Deceptive Speed: Eddie Lee Ivery’s Run Through Tech, Titletown, and Temptation by Jerry Gentry

CHILDREN’S BOOK

Winner: When Alexander Graced the Table by Denene Millner and Alexander Smalls, illustrated by Frank Morrison
Finalist: Kaya Morgan’s Crowning Achievement by Jill Tew

DETECTIVE/MYSTERY

Winner: Revenge by Danielle Singleton
Finalist: The Dawson Pond Murders: A John Wesley O’Toole Novel by William Rawlings

FIRST NOVEL

HISTORY

Winner: Somewhere Toward Freedom: Sherman’s March and the Story of America’s Largest Emancipation by Bennett Parten
Finalist: A History of Sautee Nacoochee by Tommy Hart Jones

HORROR

INSPIRATIONAL

Winner: Lessons in Hope: A New Era for Maasai Women in Tanzania by Juliet Cutler
Finalist: The Five Secrets of Luck: A Tale of the Long-Lost Keys to an Extraordinary Life by Skip Johnson

LITERARY FICTION

MEMOIR

Winner: Momma May be Mad by Kerry Neville
Finalist: The Making of a Doctor: The Hidden Realities of Medicine by Michelle Izmaylov

POETRY COLLECTION

ROMANCE

SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY

SPECIALTY BOOK

Winner: 35 Natural Wonders of Georgia to See before You Die by Ann Litrel & Charles Seabrook
Finalist: Georgia’s Historical Recipes: Seeking Our State’s Oldest Written Foodways and the Stories behind Them by Valerie J. Frey

YOUNG ADULT

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