2013 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards
The winners in the 2013 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards were announced on November 15 at the Book awards banquet. The list can be downloaded by clicking the button below.
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2013 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards
Winners
Anthology (individual or collection)
Coy, Deborah La Llorona Beatlick Press
Melzer, Richard & John Taylor Murder, Mystery & Mayhem Rio Grande Books
Anthropology/Archaeology
Downum, Christian Hisat’sinom SAR Press
Fowles, Severin An Archaeology of Doings SAR Press
Arts Book
Stern, Jean, S. McGarry & T. Dunn Art of the National Parks Fresco Fine Arts
Varjabedian, Craig Landscape Dreams, A New Mexico Portrait UNM Press
Biography – Arizona subject
Grasse, David A Killer is What They Need Graphic Publishers
Biography – New Mexico subject
Larson, Robert & Carole Larson Ernest L. Blumenshein Univ of OK Press
Biography – Other
Hagenbach, Dieter & Lucius Werthmuller Mystic Chemist Synergetic Press
Business Book (includes career)
Swinger, Joe Beans of Wisdom LID Publishing
Children’s Activity Book
Storad, Conrad & Lynda Exley Arizona Color Me Wacky! Five Star Publications
Children’s Picture Book
Young, Nancy The Moon Saw it All Five Star Publications
Children’s Picture or Activity Books Bilingual
Anaya, Rudolfo How Hollyhocks Came to New Mexico Rio Grande Books
Crafts/Hobby/How-to Book
Babb, Randall An Introduction to Hunting Arizona’s Small Game Arizona Game & Fish Dept
Fiction - historical fiction
Garcia, Belinda Vasquez Return of the Bones Magic Prose
Fiction - mystery/suspense
Badal, Joseph The Lone Wolf Agenda Suspense Publishing
Fiction - other
Barber, Christine When the Devil Doesn’t Show St Martin’s Press
Fiction - romance
Anaya, Rudolfo The Old Man’s Love Story Univ of OK Press
Fiction - science fiction & fantasy
Wiley, Robert Aaron On Stranger Winds Bindlegrim Press
Fiction – adventure or drama
Ochse, Weston Seal Team 666 St Martin’s Press
First Book
Sine, William Guardian Angel Casemate
Gardening Book
Irish, Mary A Place All Our Own Univ of AZ Press
Gay/Lesbian (GLBT) Book
Walsh, Candace Licking the Spoon Seal Press
Health Book (includes wellness, nutrition, beauty)
Amsden, Lucia Breaking Eggs Outskirts Press
History Book – Arizona subject
Sheridan, Thomas Arizona: A History Univ of AZ Press
History Book – New Mexico subject
Eidenbach, Peter An Atlas of Historic New Mexico Maps UNM Press
Kiser, William Dragoons in Apacheland Univ of OK Press
History Book – Other
Robinson, Sherry I Fought a Good Fight University of North Texas Press
Juvenile Book (grade school to junior high)
Flood, Nancy Bo Cowboy Up! Wordsong
Weaver, Anne Children of Time UNM Press
Multi-cultural Subject
Hays-Gilpin, Kelley, Dennis Gilpin Jeffrey Lunges: Visions of the Southwest Coppercliff Press
Nature/Environment Book
Schlyer, Krista Continental Divide Texas A&M University Press
New Age Book
Kirkel, Mercedes Mary Magdalene Beckons Into the Heart Creations
Nonfiction - other
Carter, Bill Boom, Bust, Boom Scribner
Pets/Animals
Sayre, Terrie Q. & Travelin’ Jack Terrie Q & Travelin’ Jack’s Pet Friends Rio Grande Books
Philosophy
Willson, Harry From Fear to Love Amador Publishers
Poetry Book (individual or collection)
Lipman, Jane On the Back Porch of the Moon Black Swan Editions
Political Book
Gutierrez, Donald Feeling the Unthinkable Amador Publishers
Reference Book
Martin, Craig Los Alamos Place Names Bathtub Row Press
Religious Book
Starr, Mirabai God of Love Monkfish Book Publishing
Science (including mathematics)
Storad, Conrad Uncovering Earth’s Crust Lerner Publishing Group
Weaver, Anne Children of Time UNM Press
Self-help Book
Eigner, Janet What Lasts is the Breath Black Swan Editions
Sports/Recreation
Herron, Gary Duke City Diamonds Rio Grande Books
Travel Book (includes guides)
Hillerman, Anne & Don Strel Tony Hillerman’s Landscapes: Southwest Guide & Map High Desert Field Guides
Young Adult Book (high school)
McKerley, Jennifer Football Lucent Books
Young Readers Book (to grade 3)
Storad, Conrad Your Circulatory System Lerner Publishing Group
Best Cover Design - Small Format Book
Rhetts, Paul & Barbe Awalt Voices of New Mexico, Too Rio Grande Books
Best Cover Design - Large Format Book
Anaya, Rudolfo How Hollyhocks Came to New Mexico Rio Grande Books
Tony Hillerman Award for Best Fiction
Boggio, Sue & Mare Pearl A Growing Season UNM Press
Poling-Kempes, Lesley Bone Horses La Alameda Press
Best Arizona Book
Babb, Randall An Introduction to Hunting Arizona’s Small Game Arizona Game & Fish Dept
Best New Mexico Book
Barber, Christine When the Devil Doesn’t Show St Martin’s Press
Best Book
Stern, Jean, S. McGarry & T. Dunn Art of the National Parks Fresco Fine Arts
Anaya, Rudolfo How Hollyhocks Came to New Mexico Rio Grande Books
The New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards is organized by The New Mexico Book Co-op,
a not-for-profit organization serving authors and publishers
Category sponsors: Aakenbaaken & Kent Publishers, New York; Albuquerque/Bernalillo Co Public Library & Friends of the Albuquerque Public Library; Arizona Press Women; Artemesia Publishing; AZRO Press; Bathtub Row Press; Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections; Dexter Cirillo; Clear Creek Publishing; Pauline and Mel Eisenstadt; Five Star Publications; Friends of the Library of Rio Rancho, Inc.; Gaon Books; Mary Girsch-Bock; Roberta Haldane; Historical Society of New Mexico; Humanist Society of New Mexico; Joe the Book Guy; Latin American Professional Speakers Association; LPD Press; Judith McLaughlin and Daniel Godfrey; Moonlight Mesa Associates; Museum of New Mexico Foundation; New Mexico Book Co-op; New Mexico Coalition for Literacy; New Mexico Library Foundation; New Mexico State Library; New Mexico State Poetry Society; Rio Grande Books; Marcia Rosen; Santa Fe Public Library; SAR Press; Sirens of Suspense; Southwest Writers; Tinkertown Museum; Treasure House Books & Gifts; University of New Mexico Press; WalMart; and Word Harvest Writers Conference
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