Edgar Allen Poe Awards
The Mystery Writers of America presents the Edgar Allan Poe Awards every year for achievement in the mystery field. This year the Edgar Awards will be presented to the winners at our 65th Gala Banquet, April 28, 2011 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City.
The Last Child, by John Hart.
Man Booker Prize
The Booker prize is awarded to the best full length novel written the current year in English by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. The Sense of an Ending, by Julian Barnes.
National Book Award
The National Book Foundation gives this award to books written by U.S. citizens and published during the past year. Lord of Misrule,
by Jaimy Gordon.
Orange Prize for Fiction
This award celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in women's writing from throughout the world. Formerly the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction. The Lacuna: A Novel (P.S.), by Barbara Kingsolver.
Pulitzer Prize
This prize is awarded annually by the president of Columbia University on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Board for works published in the previous year. Tinkers, by Paul Harding.
Spur Award
Given annually by the Western Writers of America, Inc. for distinguished writing about the American West.
Best Western Long Novel: Last Train from Cuernavaca, by Lucia St. Clair Robson
Best Western Short Novel: Snowbound, by Richard S. Wheeler
Best Original Mass Market Paperback: Damnation Road (Pinnacle Westerns), by Max McCoy
, by Louise Penny.
, by John Hart.
, by China Miéville and The Windup Girl
, by Paolo Bacigalupi.
, by Julian Barnes.
, by Jaimy Gordon.
, by Jennifer Egan.
, by Barbara Kingsolver.
, by Deborah Eisenberg.
, by Paul Harding.
, by Lucia St. Clair Robson
, by Richard S. Wheeler
, by Max McCoy
