2014 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards
The winners in the 2014 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards were announced at the Annual Awards Banquet on November 21, 2014. The list can be downloaded by clicking the button below.
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2014 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards
Winners
Anthology (individual or collection)
Evans, Max (Albuquerque, NM) Animal Stories University of Oklahoma Press
Anthropology/Archaeology
Guyette, Susan (Santa Fe, NM) Sustainable Cultural Tourism BearPath Press
Arts Book (includes art, music, or photography)
Burckhalter, David (Tucson, AZ) Baja California Missions University of Arizona Press
O’Connor, Paul and Bill Whaley (Taos, NM) Taos Portraits Hondo Mesa Press
Biography – Arizona subject (includes memoirs and autobiographies)
Johnson, James & Marilyn (Tucson, AZ) DeGrazia University of Arizona Press
Biography – New Mexico subject (includes memoirs and autobiographies)
Goodman, Tanya Ward (Los Angeles, CA) Leaving Tinkertown University of New Mexico Press
Spragg-Braude, Stacia (Corrales, NM) If There’s Squash Bugs in Heaven Museum of New Mexico Press
Biography – Other (includes memoirs and autobiographies)
Day, H. Alan with Lynn Wiese Sneyd (Oro Valley, AZ) The Horse Lover University of Nebraska Press
Ruddy, Richard (Albuquerque, NM) Edmund G. Ross University of New Mexico Press
Business Book (includes career)
Burr, Sherri (Albuquerque, NM) A Short & Happy Guide to Financial Well-Being West Academic
Children’s Picture Book
Harrigan, Matt & Melinda Beavers (Albuquerque, NM) The Zoo’s Annual Piggyback Race Hedgebury
Aston, Dianna Hutts (AZ) A Rock is Lively Chronicle Books
Children’s Picture and Activity Books Bilingual (English & Spanish)
Anaya, Rudolfo (Albuquerque, NM) How Chile Came to New Mexico Rio Grande Books
Cookbook
Jamison, Cheryl Alters & Bill (Santa Fe, NM) The Rancho de Chimayo Cookbook Lyons Press
Crafts/Hobby/How-to Book
Randles, Slim (Albuquerque, NM) Saddle Up Rio Grande Books
Fiction - historical fiction
Nesbit, Tara Shea (Boulder, CO) The Wives of Los Alamos Bloomsbury USA
Turner, Nancy (Tucson, AZ) My Name is Resolute St Martins Press
Fiction - mystery/suspense
Hillerman, Anne (Santa Fe, NM) Spider Woman’s Daughter HarperCollins
Fiction - other
Mapson, Jo-Ann (Santa Fe, NM) Owen’s Daughter Bloomsbury USA
Fiction - romance
Polo, Amber (Camp Verde, AZ) Heads in the Clouds Amber Polo
Fiction - science fiction & fantasy
Ochse, Weston (AZ) Age of Blood St Martins Press
Fiction – adventure or drama
Branard, Lynne (Albuquerque, NM) The Art of Arranging Flowers Berkley Publishing Group
Colenda, Brinn (Angel Fire, NM) Chita Quest Southern Yellow Pine Publishing
First Book (first book published by author)
Goodman, Tanya Ward (Los Angeles, CA) Leaving Tinkertown University of New Mexico Press
Gardening Book
Nabhan, Gary (Patagonia, AZ) Growing Food in a Hotter, Drier Land Chelsea Green Publishers
Gay/Lesbian (GLBT) Book
Gore, Ariel (Santa Fe, NM) The End of Eve Hawthorne Books
Health Book (includes wellness, nutrition, beauty)
Shagam, Janet Togoda (Albuquerque, NM) An Unintended Journey Prometheus Books
History Book – Arizona subject
Longley, Kyle (Tempe, NM) The Morenci Marines University Press of Kansas
History Book – New Mexico subject
Burr, Baldwin (Los Lunas, NM) Belen Arcadia Publishing
García, Nasario (Santa Fe, NM) Bernalillo Rio Grande Books
Bullis, Don (Rio Rancho, NM) UNSOLVED Rio Grande Books
History Book – Other
Getchell, Kevin (Rio Rancho, NM) Scapegoat of Shiloh McFarland & Co
Taylor, John (Peralta, NM) The Thacher School Arcadia Publishing
Juvenile Book (grade school to junior high school)
Richardson, Steve (Albuquerque, NM) Canlandia Impossible Dreams Publishing
Multi-cultural Subject (Hispanic, Native American, etc.)
Herrera, Spencer (Las Cruces, NM) Sagrado University of New Mexico Press
Nature/Environment Book
Gulliford, Andrew (Durango, CO) Outdoors in the Southwest University of Oklahoma Press
Lucas, Spencer (Albuquerque, NM) Dinosaur Century New Mexico Museum of Natural History
New Age Book
Bolinger-McQuade, Ann (Tucson, AZ) Everyday Oracles Tarcher/Penguin
Nonfiction - other
Francis, Ruthe, Ollie Reed, & Slim Randles (Albuquerque, NM) Max Evans and a Few Friends Rio Grande Books
Parenting/Family Issues Book
Herrera, Lydia (Albuquerque, NM) Help! My Child is ADHD Anchri Enterprises
Pets/Animals
Grant, Paige (Santa Fe, NM) Kitten Caboodle AZRO Press
Kirkwood, Catherine (Santa Fe, NM) Looking for Tula AZRO Press
Philosophy
Schain, Richard (Sonoita, AZ) Spiritual Pathways Virtual Bookworm
Poetry Book (individual or collection)
Hotch, Phyllis (Taos, NM) 3 A.M. 3: A Taos Press
Ullman, Leslie (Arroyo Seco, NM) Progress on the Subject of Immensity University of New Mexico Press
Taylor, Reese (Santa Fe, NM) Leaves bebold Books
Political Book (includes social/current events)
Feldman, Dede (Albuquerque, NM) Inside the New Mexico Senate University of New Mexico Press
Reference Book
Rogers, Garry (Humboldt, AZ) Arizona Wildlife Notebook
Religious Book
Ballen, Gloria Abella (Santa Fe, NM) The Power of the Hebrew Alphabet Gaon Books
Science (including mathematics)
Hall, Loretta (Albuquerque, NM) Space Pioneers Rio Grande Books
Self-help Book (includes spirituality/inspirational)
Schreiber, Art & Hal Simmons (Albuquerque, NM) Out of Sight Nuevo Books
Spanish Language Book
Avila-Robinson, Graciela (Albuquerque, NM) Historias y Reflexiones de Insomnio Palibrio
Sports/Recreation
Green, Cinny (Santa Fe, NM) Backpackers’ Ultra Food Western Edge Press
Taylor, John (Peralta, NM) The Science of Soccer University of New Mexico Press
Travel Book (includes guides)
Coates, Karen (Peralta, NM) This Way More Better ThingsAsian Press
Minuik-Sperry, Colleen (Chandler, AZ) Photographing Acadia National Park Analemma Press
Young Adult Book (high school)
Greenly, Larry (Albuquerque, NM) Eugene Bullard NewSouth Books
May Center Students (Santa Fe, NM) Where I Come From… AZRO Press
Young Readers Book (to grade 3)
Garcia, Nasario (Santa Fe, NM) Grandpa Lolo and Trampa Rio Grande Books
Best Cover Design (6x9)
Frankl, Paulette (Santa Fe, NM) Marcel & Me Lightning Rod Publications
Carrier, Roger (Sandy, UT) Finding Sagrado Xlibris
Best Cover Design (smaller than 6x9)
Randles, Slim (Albuquerque, NM) Saddle Up Rio Grande Books
Libman, Norma (Placitas, NM) Lonely River Village Rio Granata Press
Best Cover Design (larger than 6x9) TRADE
Anaya, Rudolfo (Albuquerque, NM) How Chile Came to New Mexico Rio Grande Books
Best Cover Design (larger than 6x9) NON-TRADE
O’Connor, Paul and Bill Whaley (Taos, NM) Taos Portraits Hondo Mesa Press
BEST FICTION/TONY HILLERMAN AWARD
Badal, Joseph (Sanda Park, NM) Ultimate Betrayal Suspense Publishing
Boggio, Sue & Mare Pearl (Albuquerque, NM) Sunlight & Shadow University of New Mexico Press
Kresge, Robert (Albuquerque, NM) Saving Lincoln ABQ Press
Walton, Robert (King City, CA) Dawn Drums Moonlight Mesa Associates
BEST BOOK/ARIZONA
Burckhalter, David (Tucson, AZ) Baja California Missions University of Arizona Press
Gulliford, Andrew (Durango, CO) Outdoors in the Southwest University of Oklahoma Press
BEST BOOK/NEW MEXICO
Evans, Max (Albuquerque, NM) Animal Stories University of Oklahoma Press
Ruddy, Richard (Albuquerque, NM) Edmund G. Ross University of New Mexico Press
Mapson, Jo-Ann (Santa Fe, NM) Owen’s Daughter Bloomsbury USA
O’Connor, Paul and Bill Whaley (Taos, NM) Taos Portraits Hondo Mesa Press
Jamison, Cheryl Alters & Bill (Santa Fe, NM) The Rancho de Chimayo Cookbook Lyons Press
Nesbit, Tara Shea (Boulder, CO) The Wives of Los Alamos Bloomsbury USA
BEST BOOK
Anaya, Rudolfo (Albuquerque, NM) How Chile Came to New Mexico Rio Grande Books
Spragg-Braude, Stacia (Corrales, NM) If There’s Squash Bugs in Heaven Museum of New Mexico Press
Goodman, Tanya Ward (Los Angeles, CA) Leaving Tinkertown University of New Mexico Press
Hall, Loretta (Albuquerque, NM) Space Pioneers Rio Grande Books
Hillerman, Anne (Santa Fe, NM) Spider Woman’s Daughter HarperCollins
2104 Category Sponsors
Anthology (individual or collection)—sponsored by David Kyea and Southwest Writers; Anthropology/Archaeology—sponsored by SAR Press, Beatlick Press and Joe the Book Guy; Arts Book (includes art, music, or photography)—sponsored by New Mexico Magazine, Wink Visual Arts, Sherri Burr, Regents Professor of Law, Picture This, and Museum of New Mexico Foundation; Biography–Arizona subject (includes memoirs and autobiographies)—sponsored by Arizona Press Women; Biography–New Mexico subject (includes memoirs and autobiographies)—sponsored by New Mexico Magazine, Savvy Press, Bathtub Row Press, and Treasure House Books; Biography–Other (includes memoirs and autobiographies)—sponsored by Pauline and Mel Eisenstadt and Moonlight Mesa Associates; Business Book (includes career)—sponsored by Steve Shaw; Children’s Activity Book (workbook/craft book/coloring book)—sponsored by Tinkertown Museum and Carol Vaughn; Children’s Picture Book—sponsored by Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Public Library & Friends of the ABC Public Library; Children’s Picture and Activity Books–Bilingual—sponsored by Santa Fe Public Library and Enchantment Lane Publications; Cookbook—sponsored by Rio Grande Books; Crafts/Hobby/How-to Book—sponsored by David Bachelor; Fiction–adventure or drama—sponsored by Vicky Ramakka; Fiction-historical fiction—sponsored by Florence Weinberg, Gaon Books; Fiction-mystery/suspense—sponsored by Wordharvest Writers Conference, C.C. Harrison and G.M. Malliet; Fiction-other—sponsored by Lani Kyea; Fiction-romance—sponsored by Suzanne Smith and Oak Tree Press; Fiction - science fiction & fantasy—sponsored by Florence Weinberg; First Book (first book published by author)—sponsored by Southwest Writers, Stardust Creations, Mining Sacred Ground and Marlene Hawkes; Gardening Book—sponsored by Rio Grande Books; Gay/Lesbian (GLBT) Book—sponsored by Same-Sex Santa Fe Weddings; Health Book (includes wellness, nutrition, beauty)—sponsored by Mary Beal Bercham; History Book–Arizona subject—sponsored by Arizona Press Women and Clear Creek Publishing; History Book–New Mexico subject—sponsored by New Mexico Magazine and Museum of New Mexico Foundation; History Book–Other—sponsored by Artemesia Publishing and Los Alamos Historical Society; Juvenile Book (grade school to junior high school)—sponsored by Green Knees; Multi-cultural Subject (Hispanic, Native American, etc.)—sponsored by University of New Mexico Press and Santa Fe Public Library; Nature/Environment Book—sponsored by New Mexico Book Association, sponsors of the Southwest Book Design Awards; New Age Book—sponsored by Mary O’Gara, creativity coach; Nonfiction-other—sponsored by Isabel Bucher; Parenting/Family Issues Book—sponsored by Judith McLaughlin and Daniel Godfrey; Pets and Animals—sponsored by April Radbill and AZRO Press; Philosophy—sponsored by New Mexico Humanist Society; Poetry Book (individual or collection)—sponsored by Bookworks, Poetry Playhouse, and New Mexico State Poetry Society; Political Book (includes social/current events)—sponsored by Pauline and Mel Eisenstadt; Reference Book—sponsored by New Mexico Library Foundation; Religious Book—sponsored by Elizabeth Ann Galligan and Judith McLaughlin and Daniel Godfrey; Science (including mathematics)—sponsored by Anima Cabin Rental; Self-help Book (includes spirituality/inspirational)—sponsored by Judith McLaughlin and Daniel Godfrey; Spanish Language Book—sponsored by David and Lani Kyea; Sports & Recreation—sponsored by New Mexico Magazine and www.Fisher-Chick.com; Travel Book (includes guides)—sponsored by New Mexico Magazine, Artemesia Publishing, www.Fisher-Chick.com and Tinkertown Museum; Young Adult Book (high school)—sponsored by Gaon Books; Young Readers Book (to grade 3)—sponsored by Judith McLaughlin and Daniel Godfrey; Best Cover Design (6x9 or smaller)—sponsored by Studio Z multimedia arts and A Twist of Karma Entertainment, LLC; Best Cover Design (larger than 6x9)—sponsored by River Light Media and Anon; Tony Hillerman Award for Best Fiction—sponsored by Wordharvest Writers Conference; Best Arizona Book—sponsored by Arizona Authors Association, The Sirens of Suspense, Clear Creek Publishing, Five Star Publications, and Arizona Press Women; Best New Mexico Book— sponsored by New Mexico Magazine, Santa Fe Public Library, and New Mexico Library Foundation; Best Book—sponsored by Santa Fe Public Library
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