Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards2013

Given by Commonwealth Club of California

Other Names: California Book Award, California Book Award for Nonfiction, Commonwealth Club of California, California Commonwealth Club Gold Medal
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Since 1931, the Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards have honored the exceptional literary merit of California writers and publishers. Each year a select jury considers hundreds of books show more in search of the very best in literary achievement. Eligible books must be written while the author is a resident of California, and they must be published during the year under consideration. Awards are presented in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, First Work of Fiction, Poetry, Californiana, Notable Contribution to Publishing, Juvenile Literature and Young Adult Literature. show less
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All, Gold Medal (214), Silver Medal (391), Winner (424), Finalist (262)
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Gold Medal 6

WorkCategoryYear
Scrape the Willow Until It Sings: The Words and Work of Basket Maker Julia Parker by Deborah ValomaContribution to Publishing2013
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy FowlerFiction2013
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony MarraFirst Fiction2013
Barbed Wire Baseball by Marissa MossJuvenile2013
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety by Eric SchlosserNonfiction2013
Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire by Brenda HillmanPoetry2013

Silver Medal 2

WorkCategoryYear
Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter from Haiti by Amy WilentzNonfiction2013
The Boss (McSweeney's Poetry Series) by Victoria ChangPoetry2013

Winner 5

WorkCategoryYear
Barbed Wire Baseball by Marissa MossJuvenile2013
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety by Eric SchlosserNonfiction2013
Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter from Haiti by Amy WilentzNonfiction2013
Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire by Brenda HillmanPoetry2013
The Boss (McSweeney's Poetry Series) by Victoria ChangPoetry2013

Finalist 23

WorkCategoryYear
At Night We Walk in Circles by Daniel AlarcónFiction2013
Cinnamon and Gunpowder: A Novel by Eli BrownFiction2013
Goat Mountain: A Novel by David VannFiction2013
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony MarraFirst Fiction2013
Birds of Paradise Lost by Andrew LamFirst Fiction2013
Barbed Wire Baseball by Marissa MossJuvenile2013
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew DaywaltJuvenile2013
Glasswings: A Butterfly's Story by Elisa KlevenJuvenile2013
Lara's Gift by Annemarie O'BrienJuvenile2013
The Dark by Lemony SnicketJuvenile2013
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety by Eric SchlosserNonfiction2013
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza AslanNonfiction2013
Wilson by A. Scott BergNonfiction2013
Malignant: How Cancer Becomes Us by S. Lochlann JainNonfiction2013
Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire by Brenda HillmanPoetry2013
Fire Break by George AlbonPoetry2013
Here Come the Warm Jets (City Lights Spotlight) by Alli WarrenPoetry2013
Small Porcelain Head by Allison Benis WhitePoetry2013
Charm & Strange by Stephanie KuehnYoung Adult2013
Dark Triumph by Robin LaFeversYoung Adult2013
Far Far Away by Tom McNealYoung Adult2013
Belle Epoque by Elizabeth RossYoung Adult2013
Boxers and Saints by Gene Luen YangYoung Adult2013

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