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October 27, 2009
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I would like to send out a big Reading Local congratulations to the winners of the 2009 Oregon Book Awards, which are listed below.  Check out Jeff Baker’s wrap up of the “surprises and emotions” at this years announcements.

KEN KESEY AWARD FOR FICTION

Jon Raymond of Portland, Livability: Stories (Bloomsbury)

STAFFORD/HALL AWARD FOR POETRY

Matthew Dickman of Portland, All-American Poem (American Poetry Review)

FRANCES FULLER VICTOR AWARD FOR GENERAL NONFICTION

Tracy Daugherty of Corvallis, Hiding Man: A Biography of Donald Barthelme (St.Martin’s Press)

SARAH WINNEMUCCA AWARD FOR CREATIVE NONFICTION

John Kroger of Salem, Convictions: A Prosecutor’s Battles Against Mafia Killers, Drug Kingpins, and Enron Thieves (Farrar, Strauss, Giroux)

ELOISE JARVIS MCGRAW AWARD FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

Deborah Hopkinson of West Linn, Keep On!The Story of Matthew Henson, Co-discoverer of the North Pole (Peach Tree)

LESLIE BRADSHAW AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE

Roland Smith of Wilsonville, I.Q. Book One: Independence Hall (Sleeping Bear Press)

Gabe Barber started Reading Local in January of 2009 as a vehicle for exploring Portland's literary scene. He's not an aspiring author, and you won't find his work on a bookshelf or in any prestigious lit rag. He is however, a full on book nerd, with a passion for independent literature.
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