Colorado Book Awards 2009

Biography   Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America by Walter R. Borneman, Random House

Children’s Literature   M Is for Mischief: An A to Z of Naughty Children by Linda Ashman, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter, Dutton Children’s Books  

Creative Nonfiction   Trespass: Living at the Edge of the Promised Land by Amy Irvine, North Point Press/Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Fiction   The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski, Ecco

General Nonfiction   Storey’s Illustrated Breed Guide to Sheep, Goats, Cattle and Pigs by Carol Ekarius, Storey Publishing, LLC

Genre Fiction   Breath and Bone by Carol Berg, ROC/NAL Penguin Group

Health and Well-Being   Unexpected Intimacy: Everyday Connections that Nourish the Soul by Sarah Gabriel, Great Room Press

History   Killing for Coal: America’s Deadliest Labor War by Thomas G. Andrews, Harvard University Press

Juvenile Literature   The Totally Made-up Civil War Diary of Amanda MacLeish by Claudia Mills, Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Pictorial Colorado   Scenic Byways, Taking the Other Road by Jim Steinberg and Susan J. Tweit, Portfolio Publications

Poetry   A Murmuration of Starlings by Jake Adam York, Southern Illinois University Press

Young Adult Literature  Fact of Life #31 by Denise Vega, Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers