Society of Midland Authors Awards
Posted by: Keir Graff
It was my distinct pleasure to present the adult fiction winners at the Society of Midland Authors‘ awards banquet at the Intercontinental Hotel in Chicago last night. Here’s the complete list of winners and finalists.
ADULT FICTION
Winner
Twisted Tree, by Kent Meyers
Finalists
Generosity: An Enhancement, by Richard Powers
Ruins, by Achy Obejas
ADULT NONFICTION
Winner
Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker, by James McManus
Finalists
Remarkable Creations: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species, by Sean B. Carroll
The Rape of Mesopotamia: Behind the Looting of the Iraq Museum, by Lawrence Rothfield
Blood & Politics: The History of the White Nationalist Movement from the Margins to the Mainstream, by Leonard Zeskind
BIOGRAPHY
Winner
The Gambler King of Clark Street: Michael C. McDonald and the Rise of Chicago’s Democratic Machine, by Richard C. Lindberg
Finalists
A Man of Salt and Trees: The Life of Joy Morton, by James Ballowe
Orlando M. Poe: Civil War General and Great Lakes Engineer, by Paul Taylor
The Garden of Invention: Luther Burbank and the Business of Breeding Plants, by Jane S. Smith
CHILDREN’S FICTION
Winner
Shadowed Summer, by Saundra Mitchell
Finalist
Waiting for the Owl’s Call, by Gloria Whelan
CHILDREN’S NONFICTION
Winner
Sacred Mountain: Everest, by Christine Taylor-Butler
Finalist
The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum, by Candace Fleming
POETRY
Winner
In Search of Small Gods, by Jim Harrison
Finalist
Vengeful Hymns, by Marc J. Sheehan
JAMES FRIEND MEMORIAL AWARD FOR LITERARY AND DRAMATIC CRITICISM
Tom Williams (originator of chicagocritic.com)
