The annual Midwest Booksellers Choice Awards honor authors from the Midwest and books about the Midwest. Five award-winning books are both nominated and voted on by our knowledgeable booksellers:
As of June 15, the finalists for this year's awards are in. Our booksellers will vote for their favorite books, which we will celebrate at the awards reception at the Heartland Fall Forum in October.
Adult Fiction
Chad Harbach, The Art of Fielding
William Kent Krueger, Northwest Angle
Danielle Sosin, The Long-Shining Waters
Larry Watson, American Boy
Adult Non-Fiction
Joe Blair, By the Iowa Sea: A Memoir
Beth Dooley, Northern Heartland Kitchen
Cheryl Strayed, Wild
Poetry
Todd Boss, Pitch
Joseph Campana, Natural Selections
Carol Muske-Dukes, Twin Cities
Children's Literature
Sheila O'Connor, Sparrow Road
Brian Selznick, Wonderstruck
Jacqueline West, Spellbound: The Books of Elsewhere: Vol. 2
Children's Picture Books
Mary Casanova, Utterly Otterly Night. Illustrated by Ard Hoyt
Loren Long, Otis and the Tornado. Illustrated by Loren Long
Susan Vande Griek, Loon. Illustrated by Karen Reczuch
Jim Aylesworth, Cock-A-Doodle-Doo, Creak, Pop-Pop, Moo. Illustrated by Brad Sneed
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