Society of Midland Authors 2016 Award Winners and Finalists
The Society of Midland Authors has announced the winners and finalists for their 2016 awards, honoring books by Midwest authors published in 2015. Titles are linked to Booklist reviews when available. Founded in 1915, the Society has given the annual awards since 1957; this year’s banquet is Tuesday, May 10, at the swanky Cliff Dwellers Club in Chicago. Rex Huppke, columnist for the Chicago Tribune, will be the master of ceremonies. Tickets are $75. To reserve, visit www.midlandauthors.com.
ADULT FICTION
Winner
Marvel and a Wonder, by Joe Meno
Finalists
Mothers, Tell Your Daughters, by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Music for Wartime, by Rebecca Makkai
ADULT NONFICTION
Winner
Galileo’s Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and the Search for Justice in Science, by Alice Dreger
Finalists
The Ghost in My Brain: How a Concussion Stole My Life and How the New Science of Brain Plasticity Helped Me Get it Back, by Clark Elliott
$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America, by Kathryn J. Edin and H. Luke Shaefer
Epic Measures: One Doctor. Seven Billion Patients, by Jeremy Smith
BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR
Winner
John Bartlow Martin: A Voice for the Underdog, by Ray E. Boomhower
Finalists
Escape Points: A Memoir, by Michele Weldon
Nobody Grew but the Business: On the Life and Work of William Gaddis, by Joseph Tabbi
CHILDREN’S FICTION
Winner
Great Ball of Light, by Evan Kuhlman
Finalists
Alphabet School, by Stephen T. Johnson
Francine Poulet Meets the Ghost Raccoon: Tales from Deckawoo Drive, Volume Two, by Kate DiCamillo
Stranded, by Melinda Braun
CHILDREN’S NONFICTION
Winner
Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights, by Ann Bausum
Finalists
The Inventor’s Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford, by Suzanne Slade
Like Finding My Twin, by Fern Schumer Chapman
POETRY
Winner
Karankawa, by Iliana Rocha
Finalists
Skin Music, by Dennis Hinrichsen
Errata, by Lisa Fay Coutley
JAMES FRIEND MEMORIAL AWARD FOR LITERARY AND DRAMATIC CRITICISM
Kelli Christiansen, founder and editor of Chicago Book Review
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD WINNER
Robert Remer

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