Fourteenth Annual San Diego Book & Writing Awards Winners
Announced May 17, 2008
Theodor S. Geisel Award
Bradley Steffens, J.K. Rowling
Unpublished Works
Unpublished Short Story
Laurie Richards, “Merle’s Tale”
Unpublished Poetry Chapbook
Emily Vizzo, Parts of the Hour
Unpublished Memoir
Stephen Gallup, What about the Boy? A Father's Memoir
Unpublished Young Adult Novel
Jean Anne Forsythe, Trapped in Tranquility
Unpublished Novel
Judith L. Levine, The Shattered Blue Pot
Published Books
Picture Book
Edith Hope Fine and Judith Pinkerton Josephson, Armando and the Blue Tarp School
Young Adult & Children’s Fiction
Karl L. Kruger, Pajo
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Mel Freilicher, The Unmaking of Americans: 7 Lives
Mystery/Thriller
Taffy Cannon, Blood Matters
Historical Fiction
Susan Vreeland, Luncheon of the Boating Party
General Fiction
Daniel Reveles, Guacamole Dip
Poetry
Gabriela Anaya Valdepeña and Chris Vannoy, Twenty Poems Against Love & a Song for the Air
Biography
Bettie B. Youngs, The House that Love Built
Business
Irv Jasinski, Win 'Em Over! Get Hired!
General Nonfiction
Anne Gray, The World of Women in Classical Music
Health/Wellness
David Gruder, The New IQ: How Integrity Intelligence Serves You, Your Relationships and Our World.
History
David Noel Freedman and Pam Fox Kuhlken, What Are the Dead Sea Scrolls and Why Do They Matter?
Local Interest
Katrina Pescador & Alan Renga, Aviation in San Diego
Memoir
Dan Walker, The Maverick and the Machine
Social Science
Robert Epstein, The Case Against Adolescence
Spiritual
Matthew J. Pallamary, Spirit Matters
Young Adult
Bradley Steffens, J.K. Rowling