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The 2007 Quill Awards Winners

The winners of the 2007 Quill Book Awards were celebrated on October 22nd at Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City. Now in its third year, the Awards celebrate the best books in nineteen categories, and are voted upon by readers, booksellers, and librarians. The one-hour Quill Awards television special will be aired on NBC Universal Television Stations on October 27, 2007.

The winners of the 2007 Quill Book Awards are:

Audio -- presented by Mary Higgins Clark and Steve Shirripa
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee; read by Sissy Spacek (Caedmon
Audio / HarperCollins)

Biography/ Memoir -- Tina Brown and Jonathan Groff
EINSTEIN: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster)

Business -- presented by Tina Brown and Jonathan Groff
THE NO ASSHOLE RULE: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't by Robert I. Sutton, PhD (Business Plus / Grand Central)

Children's Chapter/ Middle Grade -- presented by Sarah Ferguson and Rocco DiSpirito
THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET by Brian Selznick (Scholastic)

Children's Picture Books -- presented by Jeff Dunham and Walter
FLOTSAM by David Wiesner (Clarion Books / Houghton Mifflin)

Cooking -- presented by Sarah Ferguson and Rocco DiSpirito
JOY OF COOKING: 75th Anniversary Edition by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, and Ethan Becker (Scribner)

Debut Author -- presented by Dan Rather & Catherine Crier
THE THIRTEENTH TALE by Diane Setterfield (Atria)

General Fiction -- presented by Lorraine Bracco and Gay Talese
THE ROAD by Cormac McCarthy (Alfred A. Knopf)

Graphic Novel -- presented by Jeff Dunham and Walter
MAKING COMICS: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels by Scott McCloud (Harper Paperbacks)

Health/ Self-Improvement -- presented by Brooke Shields & Tiki Barber
HOW DOCTORS THINK by by Jerome Groopman, M.D. (Houghton Mifflin)

History/ Current Events/ Politics -- presented by Dan Rather & Catherine Crier
THE ASSAULT ON REASON by Al Gore (The Penguin Press)

Humor -- presented by Stephen Colbert
I LIKE YOU: Hospitality Under the Influence by Amy Sedaris (Warner Books)

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller -- presented by Mary Higgins Clark and Steve Shirripa
WHAT THE DEAD KNOW by Laura Lippman (William Morrow)

Poetry -- presented by Dan Rather & Catherine Crier
FOR THE CONFEDERATE DEAD by Kevin Young (Alfred A. Knopf)

Religion/ Spirituality -- presented by Mary Higgins Clark and Steve Shirripa
RELIGIOUS LITERACY: What Every American Needs to Know -- And Doesn't Written by Stephen Prothero (Harper One)

Romance -- presented by Brooke Shields & Tiki Barber
ANGELS FALL by Nora Roberts (G.P. Putnam's Sons)

Science Fiction/ Fantasy/ Horror -- presented by Lorraine Bracco and Gay Talese
THE NAME OF THE WIND - The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One by Patrick Rothfuss (DAW Books)

Sports -- presented by Brooke Shields & Tiki Barber
THE KINGS OF NEW YORK: A Year Among the Geeks, Oddballs, and Geniuses Who Make Up America's Top High School Chess Team by Michael Weinreb (Gotham Books)

Young Adult/Teen -- presented by Tina Brown and Jonathan Groff
SOLD by Patricia McCormick (Hyperion Books for Children)

Book of the Year -- presented by Al Roker and Hoda Kotb
ANGELS FALL by Nora Roberts (G. P. Putnam's Sons)

Special Awards:

Quill 2007 Variety Blockbuster Book to Film Award -- presented by Joan Allen and Peter Bart
The Bourne Trilogy (Universal Pictures)

2007 Platinum Quill -- presented by Lorraine Bracco and Gay Talese
David Halaberstam

Corporate Literacy Quill -- presented by Gerry Byrne
Time Warner Inc. / Time Warner Cable

The 2007 Quill Awards Nominees

On June 2nd, Reed Business Information (RBI) and the NBC Universal Television Stations announced the nominees for the 2007 Quill Awards. Founded in 2005, The Quills is the first award program to honor excellence in publishing while including readers, booksellers and librarians in the voting process. The event will take place on October 22, at the Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City, and will be aired in a television special carried and syndicated through NBC Universal stations nationwide.

The nominees for the 2007 Quill Awards are:

General Fiction
BROTHERS by Da Chen (Shaye Areheart Books / Crown Publishing)
AMERICAN YOUTH by Phil LaMarche (Random House)
THE ROAD by Cormac McCarthy (Alfred A. Knopf)
SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS by Marisha Pessl (Viking Press)
JAMESTOWN by Matthew Sharpe (Soft Skull Press)

Romance
SIMPLY MAGIC by Mary Balogh (Delacorte Press)
THE KOMMANDANT'S GIRL by Pam Jenoff (Mira Books)
NATURAL BORN CHARMER by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (William Morrow & Co.)
THE EDGE OF WINTER by Luanne Rice (Bantam Books)
ANGELS FALL by Nora Roberts (G. P Putnam's Sons)

Audio
CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN by Fannie Flagg, read by the author (Random House Audio)
I LIKE YOU by Amy Sedaris, read by the author (Hachette Audio)
MISSISSIPPI SISSY by Kevin Sessums, read by the author (Audio Renaissance)
THIRTEEN MOONS by Charles Frazier, read by Will Patton (Random House Audio)
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee, read by Sissy Spacek (Caedmon Audio)

Religion / Spirituality
AMERICAN ISLAM: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion by Paul M. Barrett (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
GONZO JUDAISM: A Bold Path for an Ancient Faith by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein (St. Martin's Press)
THE LANGUAGE OF GOD: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief by Francis S. Collins (The Free Press)
PRAYER: Does It Make Any Difference? by Philip Yancey (Zondervan)
RELIGIOUS LITERACY: What Every American Needs to Know --- And Doesn't by Stephen Prothero (Harper San Francisco)

Graphic Novel
MAKING COMICS by Scott McCloud (HarperCollins)
ODE TO KIRIHITO by Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)
ALICE IN SUNDERLAND by Bryan Talbot (Dark Horse)
EXIT WOUNDS by Rutu Modan (Drawn & Quarterly)
AYA by Marguerite Abouet, illustrated by Clement Oubrerie

Poetry
GRAVE OF LIGHT: New and Selected Poems, 1970-2005 by Alice Notley (Wesleyan University Press)
ONE BIG SELF: An Investigation by C. D. Wright (Copper Canyon Press)
BLACKBIRD AND WOLF by Henri Cole (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
FOR THE CONFEDERATE DEAD by Kevin Young (Alfred A. Knopf)
A THIEF OF STRINGS by Donald Revell (Alice James Books)

Cooking
PORK & SONS by Stephane Reynaud (Phaidon Press)
JOY OF COOKING: 75th Anniversary Edition by IRma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Ethan Becker (Scribner)
ARABESQUE: A Taste of Morocco, Turkey and Lebanon by Claudia Roden (Alfred A. Knopf)
THE LEE BROS. SOUTHERN COOKBOOK: Stories and Recipes for Southerners and Would-Be Southerners by Matt & Ted Lee (W. W. Norton)
BAKING: From My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan (Houghton Mifflin)

Health / Self-Improvement
IS IT HOT IN HERE? OR IS IT ME?: The Complete Guide to Menopause by Pat Wingert, Barbara Kantrowitz (Workman Publishing)
YOU ON A DIET: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz (The Free Press)
RETHINKING THIN: The New Science of Weight Loss --- and the Myths and Realities of Dieting by Gina Kolata (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
HOW DOCTORS THINK by Jerome Groopman (Houghton Mifflin)
WALKING ON EGGSHELLS: Navigating the Delicate Relationship Between Adult Children and Parents by Jane Isay (Flying Dolphin Press / Doubleday)

Biography / Memoir
THE FATHER OF ALL THINGS: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam by Tom Bissell (Pantheon Books)
A LONG WAY GONE: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah (Sarah Crichton Books / Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
EDITH WHARTON by Hermione Lee (Alfred A. Knopf)
EINSTEIN: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster)
WILLIAM JAMES: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism by Robert D. Richardson (Houghton Mifflin)

Sports
TY AND THE BABE: Baseball's Fiercest Rivals; A Surprising Friendship and the 1941 Has-Beens Golf Championship by Tom Stanton (St. Martin's Press / Thomas Dunne Books)
CRAZY '08: How A Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History by Cait Murphy (HarperCollins / Smithsonian Institution Press)
STREAMS OF CONSCIOUSNESS: Hip-Deep Dispatches from the River of Life by Jeff Hull (Lyons Press)
THE ECHOING GREEN: The Untold Story of Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca and the Shot Heard Round the World by Joshua Prager (Pantheon Books)
THE KINGS OF NEW YORK: A Year Among the Geeks, Oddballs and Geniuses Who Make Up America's Top High School Chess Team by Michael Weinreb (Gotham Books)

Humor
I LIKE YOU: Hospitality Under the Influence by Amy Sedaris (Warner Books)
25 QUESTIONS FOR A JEWISH MOTHER by Judy Gold, Kate Moira Ryan (Hyperion Voice)
SPY: The Funny Years by Kurt Anderson, Graydon Carter, George Kalogerakis (Miramax Books)
I SHOULDN'T EVEN BE DOING THIS!: And Other Things That Strike Me As Funny by Bob Newhart (Hyperion Books)
OY!: The Ultimate Book of Jewish Jokes by David Minkoff (St. Martin's Press / Thomas Dunne Books)

History / Current Events / Politics
NIXON AND KISSINGER: Partners in Power by Robert Dallek (HarperCollins)
THE LOST: A Search for Six of Six Million by Daniel Mendelsohn (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
THE ATOMIC BAZAAR: The Rise of the Nuclear Poor by William Langewiesche (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
INFIDEL by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (The Free Press)
THE ASSAULT ON REASON by Al Gore (The Penguin Press)

Business
SMALL IS THE NEW BIG: And 183 other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas vt Seth Godin (Portfolio)
WOMEN & MONEY: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny by Suze Orman (Random House / Spiegel & Grau)
THE NO ASSHOLE RULE: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't by Robery I. Sutton (Warner Business Books)
SEND: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home by David Shipley and Will Schwalbe (Alfred A. Knopf)
CHOCOLATES ON THE PILLOW AREN'T ENOUGH: Reinventing the Customer Experience by Jonathan M. Tisch, Karl Weber (John Wiley & Sons)

Mystery / Suspense
THE COLLABORATOR OF BETHLEHEM by Matt Beynon Rees (Soho Press)
WHAT THE DEAD KNOW by Laura Lippman (William Morrow)
BODY OF LIES by David Ignatius (W. W. Norton)
THE OVERLOOK by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company)
A WELCOME GRAVE by Michael Koryta (St. Martin’s Press/ Minotaur)

Science Fiction / Fantasy / Horror
FARTHING by Jo Walton (Tor Books)
THE NAME OF THE WIND: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One by Patrick Rothfuss (DAW Books)
GETTING TO KNOW YOU by David Marusek (Subterranean Press)
BRASYL by Ian McDonald (Pyr Books)
THE EXECUTION CHANNEL by Ken MacLeod (Tor Books)

Children’s Picture Books
THE ADVENTURES OF THE DISH AND THE SPOON by Mini Grey (Alfred A. Knopf)
FANCY NANCY AND THE POSH PUPPY by Jane O’Connor, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser (HarperCollins)
FLOTSAM by David Wiesner (Clarion Books)
ORANGE PEAR APPLE BEAR by Emily Gravett (Simon and Schuster)
OWEN & MZEE: The Language of Friendship by Isabella and Craig Hatkoff, Dr. Paula Kahumbu, photos by Peter Greste (Scholastic Press)

Children’s Chapter / Middle Grade
CLEMENTINE by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Marla Frazee (Hyperion Books)
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID by Jeff Kinney (Abrams / Amulet)
THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET by Brian Selznick (Scholastic Press)
PICK ME UP by Jeremy Leslie and David Roberts (DK Children’s Books)
THE TITAN'S CURSE: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3 by Rick Riordan (Miramax Books)

Young Adult / Teen
AMERICAN BORN CHINESE by Gene Luen Yang (First Second Books)
THE GREEN GLASS SEA by Ellen Klages (Viking)
INCANTATION by Alice Hoffman (Little, Brown and Company)
LIFE AS WE KNEW IT by Susan Beth Pfeffer (Harcourt Books)
SOLD by Patricia McCormick (Hyperion Books)

The 2006 Quill Awards Winners

The Second annual Quill Awards were announced during a ceremony hosted by NBC News’s Lester Holt at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City on Tuesday, October 10th.

The first Platinum Quill --- a Quills executive committee-selected annual award honoring authors who perform extraordinary community service --- was given to Caroline Kennedy, in recognition of her work with the Kennedy Library Foundation and her commitment to providing support for education and literacy in New York. It happened that is also the 50th anniversary of the publication of her father's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, PROFILES IN COURAGE.

The 2006 Corporate Literacy Quill was presented to Target, in recognition of its numerous and pro-active literacy and book programs.

The recipient of the 2006 Variety Blockbuster Book to Film Quill, given for the first time this year, was The Devil Wears Prada, directed by David Frankel. The award, accepted by the author of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA (Broadway Books/Anchor Books) Lauren Weisberger and Frankel, was presented by Variety Editor-in-Chief Peter Bart and Stanley Tucci, who starred in the film.

The winners of the 2006 Quill Book Awards are:

Book of the Year -- presented by James Patterson
DON'T MAKE A BLACK WOMAN TAKE OFF HER EARRINGS: MADEA'S UNINHIBITED COMMENTARIES ON LOVE AND LIFE by Tyler Perry (Riverhead)

Debut Author of the Year -- presented by Anderson Cooper and Elizabeth Kostova
JULIE AND JULIA: 365 DAYS, 524 RECIPES, 1 TINY APARTMENT KITCHEN by Julie Powell (Little, Brown)

Audio Book -- presented by Judd Hirsch and David Rakoff
MARLEY & ME: LIFE AND LOVE WITH THE WORLD'S WORST DOG by John Grogan (HarperAudio)

Children's Illustrated Book -- presented by Rhea Perlman and Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket)
IF YOU GIVE A PIG A PARTY by Laura Joffe, illustrated by Felicia Bond (HarperCollins)

Children's Chapter Book/Middle Grade -- presented by Judy Blume
THE PENULTMATE PERIL by Lemony Snicket (HarperCollins)

Young Adult/Teen -- presented by Avenue Q cast member Jonathan Root and Anne Brashares
ELDEST by Christopher Paolini (Random House Children's Books)

General Fiction -- presented by Dominic Dunne and Sue Monk Kidd
A DIRTY JOB: A NOVEL by Christopher Moore (William Morrow)

Graphic Novel -- presented by Chip Kidd
NARUTO, VOLUME 7 by Masashi Kishimoto (A Shonene Jump Impring/VIZ Media)

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller -- presented by S. Epatha Merkerson and Nelson DeMille
TWELVE SHARP by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Press)

Poetry -- presented by Liz Smith and Debra Leach
AMAZING PEACE: A CHRISTMAS POEM by Maya Angelou (Random House)

Romance -- presented by Kamar de los Reyes and Janet Evanovich
BLUE SMOKE by Nora Roberts (Putnam)

Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror -- presented by Sherri Saum and David Weber
A BREATH OF SNOW AND ASHES by Diana Gabaldon (Dell)

Religion/Spirituality -- presented by Marianne Williamson
MAMA MADE THE DIFFERENCE by T. D. Jakes (Putnam)

Biography/Memoir -- presented by Dana Delany and John Berendt
MARLEY & ME: LIFE AND LOVE WITH THE WORLD'S WORST DOG by John Grogan (William Morrow)

Business -- presented by Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki
THE GIRL'S GUIDE TO BEING BOSS (WITHOUT BEING A BITCH): VALUABLE LESSONS, SMART SUGGESTIONS, AND TRUE STORIES FOR SUCCEEDING AS THE CHICK-IN-CHARGE by Caitlin Friedman and Kimberly Yorio (Broadway)

Cooking -- presented by Todd English
RACHAEL RAY: 365: NO REPEATS: A YEAR OF DELICIOUSLY DIFFERENT DINNERS by Rachael Ray (Crown)

Health/Self Improvement -- presented by Suzanne Somers and Jorge Cruise
IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN: AND OTHER THINGS TO CONSIDER by Jim Henson (Hyperion)

History/Current Events/Politics -- presented by Mary Matalin
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH: THE PLANETARY EMERGENCY OF GLOBAL WARMING AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT by Al Gore (Rodale Press, Inc.)

Humor -- presented by Lewis Black
DON'T MAKE A BLACK WOMAN TAKE OFF HER EARRINGS: MADEA'S UNINHIBITED COMMENTARIES ON LOVE AND LIFE by Tyler Perry (Riverhead)

Sports -- presented by Pat Summerall
GET YOUR OWN DAMN BEER, I'M WATCHING THE GAME!: A WOMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVING PRO FOOTBALL by Holly Robinson Peete (Rodale Press, Inc.)

The award ceremony will be made into a one-hour Quill Awards television special hosted by Al Roker and NBC News’s Natalie Morales, and will be carried on the NBC Universal Owned and Operated Television Stations on Saturday, October 28, 2006.

Reed Business Information is North America's largest business-to-business information provider, covering 23 market sectors with more than 100 market-leading publications and 75 websites, as well as a range of services. It is publisher of Publishers Weekly, Variety, Library Journal, and School Library Journal.

The 2006 Quill Awards Nominees

On August 22, 2006, the nominees for the second annual Quill Book Awards were announced. Sponsored by Reed Business Information and NBC, the Award is designed to act as an industry qualified "consumers choice" program that honors excellence in writing and publishing, recognizes the creators of great literature, and promotes reading and literacy initiatives. The winners will be announced at the Quills Awards Ceremony on October 10th, in New York City.

The nominees are:

Audio Book
A DIRTY JOB: A NOVEL by Christopher Moore (Harper Audio)
MANHUNT: THE 12-DAY CHASE FOR LINCOLN'S KILLER by James L. Swanson (Harper Audio)
MARLEY & ME: LIFE AND LOVE WITH THE WORLD'S WORST DOG by John Grogan (Harper Audio)
TEACHER MAN: A MEMOIR by Frank McCourt (Simon & Schuster Audio)
TEAM OF RIVALS: THE POLITICAL GENIUS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN by Doris Kearns Goodwin (Simon & Schuster Audio)

Business
BAIT AND SWITCH: THE (FUTILE) PURSUIT OF THE AMERICAN DREAM by Barbara Ehrenreich (Henry Holt & Company)
THE GIRL'S GUIDE TO BEING A BOSS (WITHOUT BEING A BITCH: VALUABLE LESSONS, SMART SUGGESTIONS, AND TRUE STORIES FOR SUCCEEDING AS THE CHICK IN CHARGE by Caitlin Friedman and Kimberly Yorio (Broadway Books)
GOOD TO GREAT AND THE SOCIAL SECTORS: WHY BUSINESS THINKING IS NOT THE ANSWER by Jim Collins (Collins)
THE NUMBER: A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAY TO THINK ABOUT THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!: FROM DEBT TO WEALTH ON $10 A DAY by Lee Eisenberg (Free Press/Simon & Schuster)
THE WAL-MART EFFECT: HOW THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL COMPANY REALLY WORKS --- AND HOW IT'S TRANSFORMING THE AMERICAN ECONOMY by Charles Fishman (Penguin Press)

Cooking
HEAT: AN AMATEUR'S ADVENTURES AS KITCHEN SLAVE, LINE COOK, PASTA-MAKER, AND APPRENTICE TO A DANTE-QUOTING BUTCHER IN TUSCANY by Bill Buford (Alfred A. Knopf)
JULIE AND JULIA: 365 DAYS, 524 RECIPES, 1 TINY APARTMENT KITCHEN by Julie Powell (Little Brown & Company)
MY LIFE IN FRANCE by Julia Child (Alfred A. Knopf)
RACHAEL RAY 365: NO REPEATS: A YEAR OF DELICIOUSLY DIFFERENT DINNERS by Rachael Ray (Crown Publishing Group)
THE SILVER SPOON by Phaidon Press Editors (Phaidon Press)

General Fiction
BLACK SWAN GREEN: A NOVEL by David Mitchell (Random House)
A DIRTY JOB: A NOVEL by Christopher Moore (William Morrow)
THE MARCH by E. L. Doctorow (Random House)
SUITE FRANÇAISE by Irene Nemirovsky (Alfred A. Knopf)
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS by Sara Gruen (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill)

Mystery / Suspense / Thriller
THE LINCOLN LAWYER by Michael Connelly (Little Brown & Company)
THE NEW ANNOTATED SHERLOCK HOLMES: A STUDY IN SCARLET; THE SIGN OF THE FOUR; THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES; AND THE VALLEY OF FEAR by Arthur Conan Doyle (W. W. Norton & Company)
PROMISE ME by Harlan Coben (Dutton)
TOMB OF THE GOLDEN BIRD by Elizabeth Peters (William Morrow)
TWELVE SHARP by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Press)

Poetry
AMAZING PEACE: A CHRISTMAS POEM by Maya Angelou (Random House)
GOOD POEMS FOR HARD TIMES by Garrison Keillor (Penguin Group USA)
NEW AND SELECTED POEMS: VOLUME 2 by Mary Oliver (Beacon Press)
STILL ANOTHER DAY (A KAGEAN BOOK) by Pablo Neruda (Copper Canyon Press)
TROUBLE WITH POETRY: AND OTHER POEMS by Billy Collins (Random House)

History / Current Events / Politics
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH by Al Gore (Rodale Press)
THE LOST PAINTING: THE QUEST FOR A CARAVAGGIO MASTERPIECE by Jonathan Harr (Random House)
MANHUNT: THE 12-DAY CHASE FOR LINCOLN'S KILLER by James L. Swanson (William Morrow)
THE RIVER OF DOUBT: THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S DARKEST JOURNEY by Candice Millard (Doubleday)
TEAM OF RIVALS: THE POLITICAL GENIUS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN by Doris Kearns Goodwin (Simon & Schuster)

Health/Self Improvement
HEALTHY AGING: A LIFELONG GUIDE TO YOUR PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING by Andrew Weill (Knopf)
IT'S CALLED A BREAKUP BECAUSE IT'S BROKEN: THE SMART GIRL'S BREAK-UP BUDDY by Greg Behrendt (Broadway Books)
IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN: AND OTHER THINGS TO CONSIDER by Jim Henson (Hyperion)
WISDOM OF OUR FATHERS: LESSONS AND LETTERS FROM DAUGHTERS AND SONS by Tim Russert (Random House)
YOU: THE SMART PATIENT: AN INSIDER'S HANDBOOK FOR GETTING THE BEST TREATMENT by Michael F. Roizen & Mehmet C. Oz (Free Press / Simon & Schuster)

Biography / Memoir
DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE: A MEMOIR OF WAR, DISASTERS, AND SURVIVAL by Anderson Cooper (Harper Collins)
MARLEY & ME: LIFE AND LOVE WITH THE WORLD'S WORST DOG by John Grogan (William Morrow)
MOCKINGBIRD: A PORTRAIT OF HARPER LEE by Charles J. Shields (Henry Holt & Company)
THE TENDER BAR: A MEMOIR by J. R. Moehringer (Hyperion)
THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING by Joan Didion (Alfred A. Knopf)

Children's Chapter / Middle Grade Category
FLUSH by Carl Hiaasen (Random House Children's Books)
INKSPELL by Cornelia Funke (Scholastic)
THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick Press)
THE PENULTIMATE PERIL by Lemony Snicket (HarperCollins)
PTOLEMY'S GATE by Jonathan Stroud (Miramax Books)

Debut Author of the Year
THE $64 TOMATO: HOW ONE MAN NEARLY LOST HIS SANITY, SPENT A FORTUNE, AND ENDURED AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS IN THE QUEST FOR THE PERFECT GARDEN by William Alexander (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill)
JULIE AND JULIA: 365 DAYS, 524 RECIPES, 1 TINY APARTMENT by Julie Powell (Little Brown & Company)
THE LAST TEMPLAR by Raymond Khoury (Dutton)
THE MADONNAS OF LENINGRAD: A NOVEL by Debra Dean (William Morrow)
THE RIDE OF OUR LIVES: ROADSIDE LESSONS OF AN AMERICAN FAMILY by Mike Leonard (Ballantine Books)

Graphic Novel
FUN HOME: A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC by Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin)
MAXIMUM FANTASTIC FOUR: A VISUAL EXEGESIS OF FANTASTIC FOUR #1 by Stan Lee (Marvel Enterprises)
MOM'S CANCER by Brian Fies (Harry N. Abrams)
NARUTO by Masashi Kishimoto (Viz Media)
HELLSING by Kohta Hirano (Dark Horse Comics)

Religion / Spirituality
GREAT TRANSFORMATION: THE BEGINNING OF OUR RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS by Karen Armstrong (Alfred A. Knopf)
MAMA MADE THE DIFFERENCE by T. D. Jakes (Putnam)
MISQUOTING JESUS: THE STORY BEHIND WHO CHANGED THE BIBLE AND WHY by Bart D. Ehrman (HarperSanFrancisco)
NARNIAN: THE LIFE AND IMAGINATION OF C. S. LEWIS by Alan Jacobs (HarperSanFrancisco)
THE UNIVERSE IN A SINGLE ATOM: THE CONVERGENCE OF SCIENCE AND SPIRITUALITY by Dalai Lama XIV (Broadway Books)

Science Fiction / Fantasy / Horror
A BREATH OF SNOW AND ASHES by Diana Gabaldon (Dell)
CELL: A NOVEL by Stephen King (Scribner / Simon & Schuster)
A FEAST FOR CROWS by George R. R. Martin (Bantam)
LABYRINTH by Kate Mosse (Putnam)
THE STOLEN CHILD by Keith Donohue (Doubleday)

Sports
CLEMENTE: THE PASSION AND GRACE OF BASEBALL'S LAST HERO by David Maraniss (Simon & Schuster)
THE EDUCATION OF A COACH by David Halberstam (Hyperion)
GET YOUR OWN DAMN BEER, I'M WATCHING THE GAME! A WOMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVING PRO FOOTBALL by Holly Robinson Peete (Rodale Press)
GLORY ROAD: MY STORY OF THE 1966 NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP AND HOW ONE TEAM TRIUMPHED AGAINST THE ODDS by Don Haskins (Hyperion)
WHY MY WIFE THINKS I'M AN IDIOT: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A SPORTSCASTER DAD by Mike Greenberg (Random House)

Children's Illustrated
FANCY NANCY by Jane O'Connor, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser (HarperCollins Children's)
IF YOU GIVE A PIG A PARTY by Laura Joffe Numeroff, illustrated by Felicia Bond (HarperCollins Children's)
JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE, AND BEN by Lane Smith (Hyperion)
WALTER THE FARTING DOG GOES ON A CRUISE by William Kotzwinkle, Glenn Murray and Elizabeth Gundy, illustrated by Audrey Colman (Dutton Juvenile)
WINTER'S TALE: AN ORIGINAL POP-UP JOURNEY by Robert Sabuda (Little Simon)

Romance
BLUE SMOKE by Nora Roberts (Putnam)
THE MASQUE OF THE BLACK TULIP by Lauren Willig (Dutton)
THE PREACHER'S DAUGHTER by Beverly Lewis (Bethany House)
SAVANNAH BREEZE by Mary Kay Andrews (HarperCollins)
UNDEAD AND UNPOPULAR by MaryJanice Davidson (Berkley)

Young Adult / Teen
THE BOOK THIEF by Markus Zusak (Alfred A. Knopf)
DAIRY QUEEN by Catherine Gilbert Murdock (Houghton Mifflin)
ELDEST by Christopher Paolini (Random House Children's)
ELSEWHERE by Gabrielle Zevin (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux)
KING DORK by Frank Portman (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)

Humor
THE COMPLETE CALVIN AND HOBBES by Bill Watterson (Andrews McMeel Publishing)
DON'T MAKE A BLACK WOMAN TAKE OFF HER EARRINGS: MADEA'S UNINHIBITED COMMENTARIES ON LOVE AND LIFE by Tyler Perry (Riverhead)
THE GOSPEL OF THE FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER by Bobby Henderson (Random House)
A HECKUVA JOB: MORE OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION IN RHYME by Calvin Trillin (Random House)
THE TRUTH (WITH JOKES) by Al Franken (Dutton)

More information about the Quill Awards and the Quills Literacy Foundation can be found at www.quillsliteracy.org.

The 2005 Quill Awards

Reed Business Information (RBI) and the NBC Universal Television Stations have recently paired up to create the Quill Awards, a new national book award that honors excellence in book publishing. On August 4th, five nominees were chosen in each of 19 categories by an extensive panel of booksellers and librarians. The winners will be announced in a televised ceremony on October 22, 2005, hosted by NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams.

The event will benefit the not-for-profit Quills Literacy Foundation. As part of its mission, the foundation's Executive Council will evaluate existing literacy programs and direct funding to support a variety of qualified literacy-based initiatives.

Scheduled to air the Quills special, on Saturday, October 22nd are:
WNBC (NBC4 New York)
KNBC (NBC4 Los Angeles)
WMAQ (NBC5 Chicago)
WCAU (NBC10 Philadelphia)
KNTV (NBC3 San Jose/San Francisco)
KXAS (NBC5 Dallas/Fort Worth)
WRC (NBC4 Washington)
WTVJ (NBC6 Miami)
KNSD (NBC7/39 San Diego)
WVIT (NBC30 Hartford)
WNCN (NBC17 Raleigh)
WCMH (NBC4 Columbus)
WVTM (NBC13 Birmingham)
WJAR (NBC10 Providence)

The nominees are:

Audio Book
BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING (Unabridged - CD) by Malcolm Gladwell (Time Warner AudioBooks)
CHRONICLES: VOLUME ONE (abridged - CD) by Bob Dylan, read by Sean Penn (Simon & Schuster Audio)
THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART PRESENTS AMERICA: A CITIZEN'S GUIDE TO DEMOCRACY INACTION (Abridged - CD) by John Stewart and the Writers of the Daily Show (Time Warner AudioBooks)
HIS EXCELLENCY: GEORGE WASHINGTON (Unabridged - CD) by Joseph J. Ellis (Recorded Books)
WHEN WILL JESUS BRING THE PORK CHOPS? (Unabridged - CD) by George Carlin (Time Warner Audiobooks)

Children's Illustrated Book
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL: A POP-UP BOOK by Robert Sabuda (Little Simon)
EGYPTOLOGY: SEARCH FOR THE TOMB OF OSIRIS by Nick Harris, illustrated by Ian Andrew and Helen Ward (Candlewick Press)
KNUFFLE BUNNY: A CAUTIONARY TALE by Mo Willems (Hyperion Books for Children)
RUNNY BABBIT: A BILLY SOOK by Shel Silverstein (HarperCollins Children's Books)
ZEN SHORTS by Jon J. Muth (Scholastic Books)

Children's Chapter Book/Middle Grade
DRAGON RIDER by Cornelia Funke, translated by Anthea Bell (Chicken House/Scholastic Books)
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE by J.K. Rowling, illustrated by Mary GrandPré (Scholastic/Levine)
IDA B...AND HER PLANS TO MAXIMIZE FUN by Katherine Hannigan (Greenwillow Books)
PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (Disney Press)
A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS BOOK ELEVENTH: THE GRIM GROTTO by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Brett Helquist (HarperCollins Children's Books)

Young Adult/Teen
47 by Walter Mosley (Little Brown and Co.)
ABARAT: DAYS OF MAGIC NIGHTS OF WAR by Clive Barker (Joanna Cotler Books)
GIRLS IN PANTS: THE THIRD SUMMER OF THE SISTERHOOD by Ann Brashares (Delacorte Press)
HOW I LIVE NOW by Meg Rosoff (Wendy Lamb Books)
WORMWOOD by G.P. Taylor (Putnam Juvenile)

General Fiction
A LONG WAY DOWN by Nick Hornby (Riverhead Books)
GILEAD by Marilynne Robinson (Farrar Straus & Giroux)
THE MERMAID CHAIR by Sue Monk Kidd (Viking)
THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA by Philip Roth (Houghton Mifflin Company)
ZORRO by Isabelle Allende, translated by Margaret Sayers Peden (HarperCollins)

Graphic Novel
AMERICAN SPLENDOR: OUR MOVIE YEAR by Harvey Pekar (Ballantine)
BONE: ONE VOLUME EDITION by Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books)
IN THE SHADOW OF NO TOWERS by Art Spiegelman (Pantheon Books)
MARVEL 1602 VOLUME 1 by Neil Gaiman, Andy Kubert, Richard Isanove (Marvel Comics)
PERSEPOLIS 2: THE STORY OF A RETURN by Marjane Satrapi (Pantheon Books)

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
THE CLOSERS by Michael Connelly (Little Brown and Co.)
ELEVEN ON TOP by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Press)
THE HISTORIAN by Elizabeth Kostova (Little Brown and Co.)
IN THE COMPANY OF CHEERFUL LADIES by Alexander McCall Smith (Pantheon)
WITH NO ONE AS WITNESS by Elizabeth George (HarperCollins)

Poetry
180 MORE: EXTRAORDINARY POEMS FOR EVERY DAY edited by Billy Collins (Random House)
ARIEL: THE RESTORED EDITION: A FACSIMILE OF PLATH'S MANUSCRIPT by Sylvia Plath (HarperCollins)
GILGAMESH: A NEW ENGLISH VERSION by Stephen Mitchell (The Free Press)
BLUE IRIS: POEMS AND ESSAYS by Mary Oliver (Beacon Press)
LET AMERICA BE AMERICA AGAIN: AND OTHER POEMS by Langston Hughes (Vintage Books)

Romance
44 CRANBERRY POINT by Debbie Macomber (Mira Books)
BLUE DAHLIA by Nora Roberts (Jove)
NORTHERN LIGHTS by Nora Roberts (Berkley)
THE ROCKY ROAD TO ROMANCE by Janet Evanovich (HarperTorch)
UNDEAD AND UNEMPLOYED by MaryJanice Davidson (Berkley)

Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
THE DARK TOWER VII: THE DARK TOWER by Stephen King, illustrated by Michael Whelan (Scribner/Grant)
GOING POSTAL by Terry Pratchett (HarperCollins)
JONATHAN STRANGE & MR. NORRELL by Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury)
SHADOW OF THE GIANT by Orson Scott Card (Tor Books)
THE STUPIDEST ANGEL: A HEARTWARMING TALE OF CHRISTMAS TERROR by Christopher Moore (William Morrow & Co.)

Debut Author of the Year
BROKEN FOR YOU by Stephanie Kallos (Grove Press)
FRENCH WOMEN DON'T GET FAT by Mireille Guilian (Alfred A. Knopf)
THE HA-HA by Dave King (Little Brown and Co.)
THE HISTORIAN by Elizabeth Kostova (Little Brown and Co.)
THE TRAVELER by John Twelve Hawks (Doubleday)

Religion/Spirituality
GOD'S POLITICS: WHY THE RIGHT GETS IT WRONG AND THE LEFT DOESN'T GET IT by Jim Wallis (HarperSanFrancisco)
LEAVING THE SAINTS: HOW I LOST THE MORMONS AND FOUND MY FAITH by Martha Nibley Beck (Crown)
PEACE IS THE WAY: BRINGING WAR AND VIOLENCE TO AN END by Deepak Chopra (Harmony)
PLAN B: FURTHER THOUGHTS ON FAITH by Anne Lamott (Riverhead)
YOUR BEST LIFE NOW: 7 STEPS TO LIVING AT YOUR FULL POTENTIAL by Joel Osteen (Warner Faith)

Biography/Memoir
CHRONICLES: VOLUME ONE by Bob Dylan (Simon & Schuster)
THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeannette Walls (Scribner)
HIS EXCELLENCY: GEORGE WASHINGTON by Joseph J. Ellis (Alfred A. Knopf)
MAGICAL THINKING by Augusten Burroughs (St. Martin's Press)
WILL IN THE WORLD: HOW SHAKESPEARE BECAME SHAKESPEARE by Stephen Greenblatt (W.W. Norton & Company)

Business
CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN by John Perkins (Berrett-Koehler Publishers)
CONSPIRACY OF FOOLS by Kurt Eichenwald (Broadway Books)
DISNEYWAR by James B. Stewart (Scribner)
FREAKONOMICS: A ROGUE ECONOMIST EXPLORES THE HIDDEN SIDE OF EVERYTHING by Steven D. Levitt and Steven J. Dubner (William Morrow & Co.)
WINNING by Jack Welch with Suzy Welch (HarperBusiness)

Cooking
BEING DEAD IS NO EXCUSE: THE OFFICIAL SOUTHERN LADIES GUIDE TO HOSTING THE PERFECT FUNERAL by Gayden Metcalfe (Hyperion Books)
EVERYDAY ITALIAN: 125 SIMPLE AND DELICIOUS RECIPES by Giada de Laurentiis (Clarkson Potter)
THE GOURMET COOKBOOK: MORE THAN 1000 RECIPES by Ruth Reichl (Houghton Mifflin)
ON FOOD AND COOKING: THE SCIENCE AND LORE OF THE KITCHEN by Harold McGee (Scribner)
RACHAEL RAY'S 30-MINUTE MEALS: EAT HEALTHY WITHOUT GOING TO EXTREMES by Rachael Ray (Clarkson Potter)

Health/Self Improvement
AND ONE MORE THING BEFORE YOU GO... by Maria Shriver (Free Press)
BLINK: THE POWER OF THINKING WITHOUT THINKING by Malcolm Gladwell (Little Brown and Co.)
FRENCH WOMEN DON'T GET FAT by Mireille Guilliano (Alfred A. Knopf)
HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU: THE NO-EXCUSES TRUTH TO UNDERSTANDING GUYS by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo (Simon Spotlight Entertainment)
MOTHER-DAUGHTER WISDOM: CREATING A LEGACY OF PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH by Christiane Northrup (Bantam)

History/Current Events/Politics
102 MINUTES: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE FIGHT TO SURVIVE INSIDE THE TWIN TOWERS by Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn (Times Books)
1776 by David McCullough (Simon & Schuster)
THE CHILDREN'S BLIZZARD by David Laskin (HarperCollins)
COLLAPSE: HOW SOCIETIES CHOOSE TO FAIL OR SUCCEED by Jared Diamond (Viking)
THE WORLD IS FLAT: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY by Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar Straus & Giroux)

Humor
BAD CAT: 244 NOT-SO-PRETTY KITTIES AND CATS GONE BAD by Jim Edgar (Workman Publishing)
THE COMPLETE CARTOONS OF THE NEW YORKER by Robert Mankoff (Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers)
THE COMPLETE PEANUTS 1953-1954 by Charles M. Schulz (Fantagraphics Books)
THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART PRESENTS AMERICA: A CITIZEN'S GUIDE TO DEMOCRACY INACTION by Jon Stewart and the Writers of the Daily Show (Warner Books)
WHEN WILL JESUS BRING THE PORK CHOPS? by George Carlin (Hyperion Books)

Sports
BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE by Aron Ralston (Atria Books)
FAITHFUL: TWO DIEHARD BOSTON RED SOX FANS CHRONICLE THE HISTORIC 2004 SEASON by Stewart O'Nan & Stephen King (Scribner)
FAVRE by Brett Favre and Bonita Favre with Chris Havel (Rugged Land)
THREE NIGHTS IN AUGUST: STRATEGY, HEARTBREAK, AND JOY; INSIDE THE MIND OF A MANAGER by Buzz Bissinger (Houghton Mifflin)
UNFORGIVABLE BLACKNESS: THE RISE AND FALL OF JACK JOHNSON by Geoffrey C. Ward (Alfred A. Knopf)

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