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And the Winners Are

The National Book Awards for 2008 have been announced! The winners are:

FICTION

Shadow Country by Peter Matthiessen

NONFICTION The Hemingses of Monticello cover

The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed

POETRY Fire to Fire cover

Fire to Fire: New and Collected Poems by Mark Doty

YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE What I Saw and How I Lied cover

What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell

Visit the National Book Foundation's award website to see a complete list of all the finalists and the judges, interviews with the nominated authors, and a video of Scott Turow announcing the finalists. The winners receive $10,000 and a bronze sculpture from the foundation, which exists to celebrate the best in American literature.

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