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High Plains Book Awards 2009

High Plains Book Awards logoThirteen books have been selected as finalists for the 2009 High Plains Book Awards. All of the books were published for the first time in 2008 and written by a regional author or writing team, or is a literary work which examines and reflects life on the High Plains. Nominations were received from 20 publishers and several individuals in the US and Canada.

The finalists have been selected in five categories: Best Fiction; Best Nonfiction; Best First Book and the Zonta Best Woman Writer Award. A new award has been added this year honoring the Best Poetry.

Graduate of both Dartmouth and John Hopkins University, Native American author Louise Erdrich has been named the 2009 Emeritus Award Writer. In her journey as an author, Erdrich has penned twelve novels, multiple volumes of poetry, children’s books and even a memoir about her early motherhood experiences. Her novel, The Plague of Doves, appeared on The New York Time’s Best Seller list and Love Medicine, her debut book, won the National Book Critics Award.

Kyleah's Tree
$12.00
Model: 9780977252596

Best Fiction finalist


By Craig Johnson
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780143115526
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 05/01/2009

Best Fiction finalist


By Leif Enger
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780802144171
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Grove Press, 04/01/2009

Best Fiction finalist


By Annick Smith, Susan O'Connor
$39.95
ISBN-13: 9780803217515
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Published: University of Nebraska Press, 09/01/2008

Best Nonfiction finalist


By Margaret Hryniuk, Frank Korvemaker, Larry Easton
$39.95
ISBN-13: 9781550503692
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Coteau Books, 10/01/2008

Best Nonfiction finalist


By Peter H. Hassrick, Elizabeth J. Cunningham, Sarah E. Boehme

ISBN-13: 9780806139487
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Published: University of Oklahoma Press, 07/01/2008

Best Nonfiction finalist


Made Flesh (Paperback)

By Craig Arnold
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9781931337427
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Published: Ausable Press, 11/01/2008

Best Poetry finalist


By Patricia Goedicke
$16.95
ISBN-13: 9780976211488
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Lost Horse Press, 02/01/2008

Best Poetry finalist


Prairie Kaddish (Paperback)

By Isa Milman

ISBN-13: 9781550503883
Availability: Out of Print
Published: Coteau Books, 08/01/2008

Best Poetry finalist


By Baynard Fox
$47.00
ISBN-13: 9780981838403
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Fremont County Publishing, 01/01/2008

Best First Book finalist


By Margot Kahn
$24.95
ISBN-13: 9780806139128
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: University of Oklahoma Press, 05/01/2008

Best First Book finalist


By John Watson, John S. Fitzpatrick
$12.95
ISBN-13: 9781931832960
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Published: Riverbend Publishing, 04/01/2008

Best First Book finalist


By Margot Kahn
$24.95
ISBN-13: 9780806139128
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: University of Oklahoma Press, 05/01/2008

Zonta Best Woman Writer finalist


Road Map to Holland (Paperback)

By Jennifer Graf Groneberg
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780451222954
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: NAL Trade, 04/01/2008

Zonta Best Woman Writer finalist


By John Watson, John S. Fitzpatrick
$12.95
ISBN-13: 9781931832960
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Riverbend Publishing, 04/01/2008

Zonta Best Woman Writer finalist


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