“Little Souls” and “Tracing Time” win at Colorado Book Awards
Denver Post book reviewer and author Sandra Dallas was among the winners honored by Colorado Humanities and the Center for the Book last week at the 2023 Colorado Book Awards.
Here are all the winners: ANTHOLOGY: “Denver Noir,” by Cynthia Swanson
BIOGRAPHY/ HISTORY: “The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation,” by Mark Lee Gardner
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: “Swim, Jim!,” by Kaz Windness
CREATIVE NONFICTION: “Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation,” by Erika Krouse
GENERAL FICTION: “The Immortal King Rao,” by Vauhini Vara
GENERAL NONFICTION: “Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions,” by Temple Grandin
HISTORICAL FICTION: “Little Souls,” by Sandra Dallas
JUVENILE LITERATURE: “Totality! An Eclipse Guide in Rhyme and Science,” by Jeffrey Bennett
LITERARY FICTION: “Bratwurst Haven: Stories,” by Rachel King
MYSTERY: “Aunt Dimity & the Enchanted Cottage,” by Nancy Atherton
PICTORIAL: “Vibrant Interiors,” by Andrea Monath Schumacher
POETRY: I| I, by Katherine Indermaur
ROMANCE: “All the Flowers of the Mountain,” by Christina Holbrook SCIENCE FICTION/ FANTASY: “Conscious Designs,” by Nathanial White
THRILLER: “The Wrong Woman,” by Leanne Kale Sparks
YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE: “Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves,” by Meg Long
In other book award news, “Tracing Time” by Colorado- based Craig Childs was among the winners of the 2023 Reading the West Book Awards. All the winners:
FICTION: “Woman of Light,” by Kali FajardoAnstine
DEBUT FICTION: “Calling for a Blanket Dance,” by Oscar Hokeah
POETRY: “Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light,” by Joy Harjo
GENERAL NONFICTION: “Tracing Time: Seasons of Rock Art on the Colorado Plateau,” by Craig Childs
MEMOIR/ BIOGRAPHY: “When I Was Red Clay,” by Jonathan T. Bailey
EATING THE WEST ( Cul ina r y/ Co okbo ok) : “The Big Texas Cookbook,” by the Editors of Texas Monthly
PICTURE BOOK: “Brave Every Day,” by Trudy Ludwig; illus. by Patrice Barton
YOUNG R E ADER/ MIDDLE GRADE: “The River Between Hearts,” by Heather Mateus Sappenfield )
YOUNG ADULT/ TEEN: “Abuela, Don’t Forget Me,” by Rex Ogle ( W. W. Norton)