2020 Andrew Carnegie Winners Announced
On Sunday, January 26, our very own Donna Seaman, Carnegie committee chair and Booklist Adult Books Editor, announced the winners of the ninth annual Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. A huge congratulations to the two winners and four finalists, listed below:
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
★ Lost Children Archive, by Valeria Luiselli
Fiction Finalists
★ Feast Your Eyes, by Myla Goldberg
★ The Water Dancer, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
★ Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster, by Adam Higginbotham
Nonfiction Finalists
★ Figuring, by Maria Popova
★ The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present, by David Treuer
About the Author: Briana Shemroske
Briana Shemroske is Booklist's Marketing Associate. She graduated with a BA from Lake Forest College where she studied English Writing and Art History. In her free time she can be found eating cheeseburgers, frolicking with her schnoodle, Moritz, and feebly attempting to play board games. Follow her on Twitter at @Booklist_Briana.Subscribe
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