Alabama Author Award

Given by Alabama Library Association

170 Works 203,153 Books 6,964 Reviews 4.2
Awards are based on literary merit. An honored author must be an Alabamian by birth or have lived in Alabama for at least five (5) years. The book for which the award is presented must have been vis mere published within the past three (3) calendar years prior to the year of the Association Convention at which the award is presented. Reprints of works originally published prior to the cutoff year of the award are not eligible for consideration. An author's body of work is ineligible. An editor or translator may be considered if the book is of value to the permanent record of the State. The honoree must be living. vis mindre
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VærkKategoriÅr
Real Life af Brandon Taylor
Fiction2022
The Cat Man of Aleppo af Irene Latham
Juvenile2022
Blood: A Memoir af Allison Moorer
Nonfiction2022
Known by Salt (Philip Levine Prize for Poetry) af Tina Mozelle Braziel
Poetry2022
Girls Like Us af Randi Pink
Young Adult2022
Transcendent Kingdom af Yaa Gyasi
Fiction2021
Bugs Don't Hug: Six-Legged Parents and Their Kids af Heather L. Montgomery
Juvenile2021
A Hard Rain: America in the 1960s, Our Decade of Hope, Possibility, and Innocence Lost af Frye Gaillard
Nonfiction2021
House Repairs af Angela Jackson-Brown
Poetry2021
Kent State af Deborah Wiles
Young Adult2021
Becoming Mrs. Lewis: The Improbable Love Story of Joy Davidman and C.S. Lewis af Patti Callahan
Fiction2020
Meet Miss Fancy af Irene Latham
Juvenile2020
The Story of Alabama in Fourteen Foods af Emily Blejwas
Nonfiction2020
Magic city gospel : poems af Ashley M. Jones
Poetry2020
Turtles All the Way Down af John Green
Teen2020
Extraordinary Adventures: a novel af Daniel Wallace
Fiction2019
Journey's End af Rachel Hawkins
Juvenile2019
The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Table af Rick Bragg
Nonfiction2019
Devils Within af S. F. Henson
Young Adult2019
Sycamore af Bryn Chancellor
Fiction2018
Catching a Storyfish af Janice N. Harrington
Juvenile2018
The Generals: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, and the Winning of World War II af Winston Groom
Nonfiction2018
The Diabolic af S. J. Kincaid
Young Adult2018
Homegoing af Yaa Gyasi
Fiction2017
Terror at Bottle Creek af Watt Key
Juvenile2017
What Stands in a Storm: Three Days in the Worst Superstorm to Hit the South's Tornado Alley af Kim Cross
Nonfiction2017
Still Waters af Ash Parsons
Young adult2017
Flora: A Novel af Gail Godwin
Fiction2016
The Sweetest Heist in History (Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective) af Octavia Spencer
Juvenile2016
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption af Bryan Stevenson
Nonfiction2016
March: Book One af John Lewis
Young Adult2016
Leaving Tuscaloosa : a novel af Walter Bennett
Fiction2015
Maple af Lori Nichols
Juvenile2015
Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay and Fairness at Goodyear and Beyond af Lilly Ledbetter
Non-Fiction2015
Insignia af S. J. Kincaid
Young Adult2015
Man in the Blue Moon af Michael Morris
Fiction2014
Every Day After af Laura Golden
Juvenile2014
While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement af Carolyn Maull McKinstry
Non-Fiction2014
Dirty Little Secret af Jennifer Echols
Young Adult2014
The Typist af Michael Knight
Fiction2013
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming af Mike Brown
Non-Fiction2013
En flænge i himlen af John Green
Young Adult2013
The Widow and the Tree af Sonny Brewer
Fiction2012
Countdown af Deborah Wiles
Juvenile2012
Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family af Condoleezza Rice
Non-Fiction2012
Dirt Road Home af Watt Key
Young Adult2012
Pukkelryg pukkelryg af Tom Franklin
Fiction2011
Leaving Gee's Bend af Irene Latham
Juvenile2011
Tin Man af Charlie Lucas
Non-Fiction2011
Crazy af Han Nolan
Young Adult2011
Wicked City af Ace Atkins
Fiction2010
Wind Flyers af Angela Johnson
Juvenile2010
The Prince of Frogtown af Rick Bragg
Non-Fiction2010
What They Always Tell Us af Martin Wilson
Young Adult2010
The Well and the Mine af Gin Phillips
Fiction2009
The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County af Janice N. Harrington
Juvenile2009
An Ornament to the City: Old Mobile Ironwork af John S. Sledge
Non-Fiction2009
Blood Brothers af S. A. Harazin
Young Adult2009
Lost City Radio af Daniel Alarcón
Fiction2008
Each Little Bird That Sings af Deborah Wiles
Juvenile2008
A Conquering Spirit: Fort Mims and the Redstick War of 1813-1814 af Gregory A. Waselkov
Non-Fiction2008
Alabama Moon af Watt Key
Young Adult2008
Going North af Janice N. Harrington
Juvenile2007
Cradle of Freedom: Alabama and the Movement That Changed America af Frye Gaillard
Non-Fiction2007
An Abundance of Katherines af John Green
Young Adult2007
Hell at the Breech af Tom Franklin
Fiction2006
Hard Times for Jake Smith: A Story of the Depression Era (Historical Fiction for Young Readers) af Aileen Kilgore Henderson
Juvenile2006
Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer: A Road Trip into the Heart of Fan Mania af Warren St. John
Non-Fiction2006
Looking for Alaska af John Green
Young Adult2006
Captain Saturday: A Novel af Robert Inman
Fiction2005
Where the Birds Never Sing: The True Story of the 92nd Signal Battalion and the Liberation of Dachau af Jack Sacco
Non-Fiction2005
The First Part Last af Angela Johnson
Young Adult2005
Speaks the Nightbird af Robert R. McCammon
Fiction2004
Love, Ruby Lavender af Deborah Wiles
Juvenile2004
A Right to Read: Segregation and Civil Rights in Alabama's Public Libraries, 1900-1965 af Patterson Toby Graham
Non-Fiction2004
It Wasn't All Dancing and Other Stories (Deep South Books) af Mary Ward Brown
Fiction2003
The Piano af William Miller
Juvenile2003
Alabama Governors: A Political History of the State af Samuel L. Webb
Non-Fiction2003
One Day in the Life of a Born Again Loser and Other Stories (Deep South Books) af Helen Norris
Fiction2002
Jim the Boy af Tony Earley
Juvenile2002
Change Me into Zeus's Daughter: A Memoir af Barbara Robinette Moss
Non-Fiction2002
Ahab's Wife af Sena Jeter Naslund
Fiction2001
Rocket Boys af Jr. Homer H. Hickam
Non-Fiction2001
A Face in Every Window af Han Nolan
Young Adult2001
Somewhere in All This Green: New and Selected Stories af William Cobb
Fiction2000
Animal Trunk: Silly Poems to Read Aloud af Charles Ghigna
Juvenile2000
Alabama Baptists: Southern Baptists in the Heart of Dixie (Religion & American Culture) af Wayne Flynt
Non-Fiction2000
Too Blue to Fly af Judith Richards
Fiction1999
Looking for Clark Gable and other 20th-Century Pursuits af Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton
Non-Fiction1999
Send Me Down a Miracle af Han Nolan
Young Adult1999
Jealous-Hearted Me: And Other Stories af Nancy Huddleston Packer
Fiction1998
Night in the Barn af Faye Gibbons
Juvenile1998
All Over but the Shoutin' af Rick Bragg
Non-Fiction1998
Forever Season af Don Keith
Fiction1997
The Summer of the Bonepile Monster af Aileen Kilgore Henderson
Juvenile1997
Forth to the Mighty Conflict: Alabama and World War II af Allen Cronenberg
Non-Fiction1997
Prize in the Snow af Bill Easterling
Juvenile1996
The American Presidency: An Intellectual History af Forrest McDonald
Non-Fiction1996
School for the Blind af Dennis McFarland
Fiction1995
Hoggle's Christmas af Rick Shelton
Juvenile1995
I Faraos hær af Tobias Wolff
Non-Fiction1995
Crazy in Alabama af Mark Childress
Fiction1994
The Cost of Courage: The Journey of an American Congressman af Carl Elliott
Non-Fiction1994
Lizard af Dennis Covington
Young Adult1994
Sin fars datter af Gail Godwin
Fiction1993
When I Am Old with You af Angela Johnson
Juvenile1993
On the Spine of Time: An Angler's Love of the Smokies af Harry Middleton
Non-Fiction1993
Old Dogs and Children: A Novel af Robert Inman
Fiction1992
The Federal Road through Georgia, the Creek Nation, and Alabama, 1806-1836 af Henry deLeon Southerland
Non-Fiction1992
Bird of Paradise af Vicki Covington
Fiction1991
Rainbow Crow af Nancy Van Laan
Juvenile1991
Poor but Proud: Alabama's Poor Whites af Wayne Flynt
Non-Fiction1991
Sacrificial Ground af Thomas H. Cook
Fiction1990
The Jolly Mon af Jimmy Buffett
Juvenile1990
Stegte grønne tomater af Fannie Flagg
Fiction1989
Summer Stories af Nola Thacker
Juvenile1989
Close Connections: Caroline Gordon and the Southern Renaissance af Ann Waldron
Non-Fiction1989
Home Fires Burning af Robert Inman
Fiction1988
Count Your Way Through China af James Haskins
Juvenile1988
Saints and Strangers (New Poetry Series) af Andrew Hudgins
Non-Fiction1988
Tongues of flame af Mary Ward Brown
Fiction1987
Outside the Magic Circle: The Autobiography of Virginia Foster Durr af Virginia Foster Durr
Non-Fiction1987
The Sixkiller Chronicles af Paul Hemphill
Fiction1986
Marmalade's Christmas Present af Cindy Wheeler
Juvenile1986
Tell About the South: The Southern Rage to Explain (Southern Literary Studies) af Fred C. Hobson
Non-Fiction1986
Usher's Passing af Robert R. McCammon
Fiction1985
Bibb County Alabama. The First Hundred Years, 1818-1918 af Rhoda Coleman Ellison
Non-Fiction1985
Almost Family (Deep South Books) af Roy Hoffman
Fiction1984
As the Waltz Was Ending af Emma Macalik Butterworth
Juvenile1984
George Washington Carver: Scientist and Symbol af Linda O. McMurry
Non-Fiction1984
The Brats and Mr. Jack af Hilary H. Milton
Juvenile1983
Judge Frank Johnson and Human Rights in Alabama af Tinsley E. Yarbrough
Non-Fiction1983
As Summers Die af Winston Groom
Fiction1982
Leroy and the Old Man af W. E. Butterworth
Juvenile1982
A place of springs af Viola Goode Liddell
Non-Fiction1982
The Second Coming af Walker Percy
Fiction1981
Selma, Lord, Selma: Girlhood Memories of the Civil Rights Days af Sheyann Webb
Non-Fiction1981
Summer Lightning af Judith Richards
Fiction1980
Tiny Bat and the Ball Game af Margaret Zehmer Searcy
Juvenile1980
On Human Nature af Edward O. Wilson
Non-Fiction1980
Violet Clay af Gail Godwin
Fiction1979
Old Mobile af Jay Higginbotham
Non-Fiction1979
Whiskey Man af Howell Raines
Fiction1978
My Soul Is Rested: Movement Days in the Deep South Remembered af Howell Raines
Non-Fiction1978
In the Hours of Night af William Bradford Huie
Fiction1977
Tracing Your Ancestry: A Step-By-Step Guide to Researching Your Family History af F. Wilbur Helmbold
Non-Fiction1977
The gold disc of Coosa af Virginia Pounds Brown
Fiction1976
Alabama: One Big Front Porch af Kathryn Tucker Windham
Non-Fiction1976
Train Whistle Guitar af Albert Murray
Fiction1975
The search;: A biography of Leo Tolstoy af Sara Newton Carroll
Non-Fiction1975
Wildflowers of Alabama and Adjoining States af Blanche E. Dean
Non-Fiction [special award]1975
Paper Moon af Joe David Brown
Fiction1974
Merchant of terror: General Sherman and total war af John Bennett Walters
Non-Fiction1974
This Time Next Year af Anne Stallworth
Fiction1973
Hugo Black; the Alabama Years af Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton
Non-Fiction1973
Populism to Progressivism in Alabama af Sheldon Hackney
Non-Fiction1972
The Skating Rink af Mildred Lee
Young Adult1971
The constant circle; H. L. Mencken and his friends af Sara Mayfield
Non-Fiction1970
The Walls Came Tumbling Down af Babs H. Deal
Fiction1969
An Exile af Madison Jones
Fiction1968
The smiling phoenix; Southern humor from 1865 to 1914 af Wade H. Hall
Non-Fiction1967
The liberation of Lord Byron Jones af Jesse Hill Ford
Fiction1966
Power in Washington; a critical look at today's struggle to govern in the Nation's Capital af Douglass Cater
Non-Fiction1965
Alabama birds af Thomas A. Imhof
Non-Fiction1964
Dunbar's Cove af Borden Deal
Fiction1963
Historic Alabama Hotels and Resorts af James Sulzby
Non-Fiction1962
Dræb ikke en sangfugl af Harper Lee
1961
Sun Circles and Human Hands: The Southeastern Indians - Art and Industry af Emma Lila Fundaburk
Non-Fiction1959
Vizetelly Covers the Confederacy af William Stanley Hoole
Non-Fiction1958
Constitutional development in Alabama, 1798-1901: a study in politics, the Negro, and sectionalism af Malcolm Cook McMillan
Non-Fiction1957

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