WONDERING WHAT THE FUSS IS ALL ABOUT? CHECK OUT SOME OF THESE AWARD WINNERS AND FIND OUT!

PULITZER PRIZE – FICTION
· 1994 The Shipping News – E. Annie Proulx
· 1995 The Stone Diaries – Carol Shields
· 1996 Independence Day – Richard Ford
· 1997 Martin Dressler: the Tale of an American Dreamer – Steven Millhauser
· 1998 American Pastoral – Philip Roth
· 1999 The Hours – Michael Cunningham
· 2000 Interpreter of Maladies – Jhumpa Lahiri
· 2001The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay – Michael Chabon
· 2002 Empire Falls – Richard Russo
· 2003 Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides
· 2004 The Known World – Edward P. Jones
. 2005 Gilead - Marilynne Robinson
. 2006 March - Geraldine Brooks
. 2007 The Road - Cormac McCarthy
. 2008 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz
. 2009 Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
· 1997 Cold Mountain – Charles Frazier
· 1998 Charming Billy – Alice McDermott
· 1999 Waiting – Ha Jin
· 2000 In America – Susan Sontag
· 2001 The Corrections – Jonathan Franzen
· 2002 Three Junes – Julia Glass
· 2003 The Great Fire – Shirley Hazzard
. 2004 The News from Paraguay - Lily Tuck
. 2005 Europe Central - William T. Vollmann
. 2006 The Echo Maker - Rochard Powers
. 2007 Tree of Smoke - Denis Johnson
. 2008 Shadow Country - Peter Matthiessen

THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE
· 1997 The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy
· 1998 Amsterdam – Ian McEwan
· 1999 Disgace – J.M. Coetzee
· 2000 The Blind Assassin – Margaret Atwood
· 2001 True History of the Kelly Gang – Peter Carey
· 2002 Life of Pi – Yann Martel
· 2003 Vernon God Little – DBC Pierre`
. 2004 The Line of Beauty - Alan Hollinghusrt
. 2005 The Sea - John Banville
. 2006 The Inheritance of Loss - Kiran Desai
. 2007 The Gathering - ANne Enright
. 2008 The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga

THE PEN/FAULKNER AWARD
· 1995 Snow Falling on Cedars – David Guterson
· 1996 Independence Day – Richard Ford
· 1999 The Hours – Michael Cunningham
· 2000 Waiting – Ha Jin
· 2001 The Human Stain – Philip Roth
· 2002 Bel Canto – Ann Patchett
· 2003 The Caprices – Sabina Murray
. 2004 The early Stories - John Updike
. 2005 War Trash - Ha Jin
. 2006 The March - E.L. Doctorow
. 2007 Everyman - Philip Roth
. 2008 The Great Man - Kate Christensen
. 2009 Netherland - Joseph O'Neill

THE AGATHA AWARD
· 1999 Mariner’s Compass – Earlene Fowler
· 2000 Storm Track – Margaret Maron
· 2001 Murphy’s Law – Rhys Bowen
· 2002 You’ve Got Murder – Donna Andrews
· 2003 Letter from Home – Carolyn Hart
. 2004 Birds of a Feather - Jacqueline Winspear
. 2005 Body in the Snow Drift - Katherine Hall Page
. 2006 The Virgin of Small Plains - Nancy Pickard
. 2007 A Fatal Grace - Louise Penny
. 2008 The Cruelest Month - Louise Penny

THE BEST OF THE BEST…

A SAMPLE OF BOOKS WINNING
MORE THAN ONE AWARD

· Billy Bathgate – E.L. Doctorow (4 awards)
· All the Pretty Horses – Cormac McCarthy (3)
· Love Medicine – Louise Erdrich (3)
· Rabbit at Rest – John Updike (3)
· Rabbit is Rich – John Updike (3)
· The Stone Diaries – Carol Shields (3)
· Beloved – Toni Morrison (2)
· Breathing Lesson – Anne Tyler (2)
· Pigs in Heaven – Barbara Kingsolver (2)
· The Good Earth – Pearl Buck (2)
· Schindler’s List – Thomas Keneally (2)
· The Shipping News – E. Annie Proulx (2)
· A Thousand Acres – Jane Smiley (2)
· The Hours – Michael Cunningham
· Waiting – Ha Jin
· Independence Day – Richard Ford

Updated 3-23-2010

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