The sleeper best seller The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley has won the 2010 Dilys award. The Independent Mystery Booksellers Association gives the award to the mystery title of the year that member booksellers have most enjoyed selling. The award is named for Dilys Winn who established the first mystery specialty bookshop in the United States.
The National Institute and Fertel Foundation awards Ridenhour Prizes. The Ridenhour Courage Prize was awarded to the late Howard Zinn, "honored for his determination to showcase the hidden heroes of social movements throughout history." Zinn's most noted work was his People's History of the United States. The Ridenhour Book Prize was given to Joe Sacco for his graphic novel, Footnotes in Gaza, "a work of profound social significance." This is the first time this award has been given to what the judges called "an illustrated book."
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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