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New Mexico Book Awards




2008 New Mexico Book Awards Winners
Children’s Picture Book
Red Truck (Viking Children’s Books) — Kersten Hamilton

Children’s Activity Book
New Mexico A to Z (Enchantment Lane Publications) — Jill Lane
READdiscover New Mexico (Sunstone Press) — Kathy Barco

Young Readers Book
Loco Dog and the Dust Devil in the Railyard (AZRO Press) — Marcy Heller

Juvenile Book
From Slave to Superstar of the Wild West (Legends of the West Publishing) — Tom DeMund

Young Adult Book
Lawn Boy (Random House) — Gary Paulsen

Anthropology
Chaco Astronomy (Ocean Tree Books) — Anna Sofaer

Anthology Book
Peace Beyond All Fear: A Tribute to John Denver’s Vision (Petals & Pages Press) — Hank Bruce

Arts Book
Southwestern Indian Jewelry (Rizzoli New York) — Dexter Cirillo
Talking with the Clay (SAR Press) — Stephen Trimble

Biography
Into the Devils Den (Ballantine Books) — Dave Hall & Tim Burkey

Business Book
The Keyword Tutorial Ebook (Feathered Soul Press) — Hope Kiah

Cookbook
Cuisines of the Southwest (Golden West Publishers) — Dave DeWitt
Red or Green (Clearlight Publishers) — Clyde Casey

Gardening Book
Ma Frump’s Guide to Plastic Gardening (Sunstone Press) — Marcia Muth

Health Book
Working Like Dogs: The Service Dog Guidebook (Alpine Publications) — Marcie Davis & Melissa Bunnell

History Book
A Peculiar Alchemy (SAR Press) — Nancy Owen Lewis & Kay Leigh Hagan

Nature/Environment
Bearing Witness: 25 Years of Refuge (La Alameda Press) — Lou Liberty & Margy O’Brien

New Age Book
Soul Oriented Solutions (Soul Resources) — Rheanni Lightwater

Parenting/Family Issues
Syra’s Scribbles (PublishAmerica) — Syra Divine

Political Book
Your Money and Your Life (AU Publishing) — Martha Burk

Reference Book
Decoding Design (HOW Books) — Maggie MacNab

Religious Book
Saints of the Pueblos (Rio Grande Books) — Charles Carrillo

Self-help Book
Dying: A Natural Passage (Three Whales Publishers) — Denys Cope

Travel Book
Backroads & Byways of New Mexico (The Countryman Press) — Sally Moore

Multi-cultural Subject
Patterns of Exchange (University of Oklahoma Press) — Teresa Wilkins

Other Nonfiction
New Mexico: Biographical Dictionary Vol. II (Rio Grande Books) — Don Bullis

Adventure or Drama Novel
Avenging Victorio (Rio Grande Books) — Dave DeWitt

Historical Fiction/Novel
Arizona War (La Frontera Publishing) — Melody Groves
Bell County Bushwhackers (Outskirts Press) — Dave Bushmire

Mystery/Suspense Novel
Turquoise Girl (Forge/Macmillan) — Aimee and David Thurlo

Romance Novel
Annie’s Song (Whiskey Creek Press) — Sabra Steinsiek

Science Fiction & Fantasy
The MoonQuest (Light Lines Media) — Mark David Gerson

Other Fiction
The Pageant Unveiled (Infinity Publishing) — Lucretia Tippit

Poetry Book
Graven Images (Sunstone Press) — Mike Sutin
The Seasons of Yes (Sunstone Press) — Lorraine Schechter

First Book
Our Favorite Recipes (Rio Grande Books) — Albuquerque The Magazine
The Road from La Cueva (Sunstone Press) — Sheila Ortego

People’s Choice
Milagro Beanfield War (Holt Paperbacks) — John Nichols

Best of Show
Into the Devils Den (Ballantine Books) — Dave Hall & Tim Burkey

2008 New Mexico Book Awards Finalists

Children’s Picture Book
Cactus Critter Bash — Hausman, Sid
Emily Finds a Dog — Ward, Carla & Megan
Red Truck — Hamilton, Kersten

Children’s Activity Book
Hello Cinder Bear! — Lane, Jill
New Mexico A to Z — Lane, Jill
READdiscover New Mexico — Barco, Kathy

Young Readers Book
Loco Dog and the Dust Devil in the Railyard — Heller, Marcy
Pup’s Prairie Home — Redmond, Shirley Raye
The Elephants Visit London — Eschberger, Beverly

Juvenile Book
A Spy Wears Two Hats — Jackson, Philip
Caleb, Son of None — Hamilton, Kersten
Doubtful Canyon — Boggs, Johnny
From Slave to Superstar of the Wild West — DeMund, Tom

Young Adult Book
Colorado Ghost Stories — Garcez, Antonio
Cue Tips: A Stage Management Handbook for High School Theatre — Ward, Elizabeth
Lawn Boy — Paulsen, Gary

Anthropology
Chaco Astronomy — Sofaer, Anna
The Chaco Experience — Van Dyke, Ruth

Anthology Book
Adventures in the West — Bloomfield, Susanne & Eric Reed
Earthships: A New Mecca Poetry Collection — Kluckman, Zachery
Expressing New Mexico — Gonzales, Phillip
Peace Beyond All Fear: A Tribute to John Denver’s Vision — Bruce, Hank
Survival Along the Continental Divide — Loeffler, Jack
Time of Triumph — Chavez, Ronald

Arts Book
In New Mexico Light — Hall, Douglas Kent
Partners in Art — Tobey, Rebecca
Southwestern Indian Jewelry — Cirillo, Dexter
Talking with the Clay— Trimble, Stephen
The Art of New Mexico — Traugott, Joseph

Biography
Beside the Rio Hondo — Greenwood, Phaedra
Into the Devils Den — Hall, Dave & Tim Burkey
Kenneth Chapman’s Santa Fe — Munson, Marit
Leafing Through My Family Tree — Davis, Jerry
Seventeen Dollars a Square Inch — Fenn, Forrest
Tortilla Chronicles — Cash, Marie

Business Book
Creating the “I” in Team— McCreary, Jeffrey
The Keyword Tutorial Ebook — Kiah, Hope

Cookbook
Cooking with Johnny Vee — Vollertsen, John
Cuisines of the Southwest — DeWitt, Dave
Red or Green— Casey, Clyde

Gardening Book
Cooking with Lavender — Smith, Suzanne
Ma Frump’s Guide to Plastic Gardening — Muth, Marcia

Health Book
Great Expectations — Bass, Clarence
The Stranger Comes at Sundown— Awalt, Jane
Working Like Dogs: The Service Dog Guidebook — Davis, Marcie and Melissa Bunnell

History Book
A Peculiar Alchemy — Lewis, Nancy Owen & Kay Leigh Hagan
Buried Treasures — Melzer, Richard
New Mexico’s Palace of the Governors— Abbink, Emily
Walks in Literary Santa Fe — Harrelson, Barbara

Nature/Environment
Bearing Witness: 25 Years of Refuge — Liberty, Lou and Margy O’Brien
Rock Me on the Water— Russell, Renny
The Mosquitoes of New Mexico — Wolff, Theodore and Lewis Nielsen

New Age Book
Soul Oriented Solutions— Lightwater, Rheanni
The Spiritual Alchemist— Reid, Natalie
Visits with the Old Indian Storyteller — Folk, Tomi Jill

Parenting/Family Issues
Syra’s Scribbles— Divine, Syra

Political Book
AmericaAmerica When Will You See? — Bullis, Douglas
If Olaya Street Could Talk — Jones, John Paul
New Landscapes of Inequality— Collins, Jane
Your Money and Your Life — Burk, Martha

Reference Book
Decoding Design — MacNab, Maggie
Japanese Style — Lim, Sunamita
Southwestern Colonial Ironwork— Simons, Marc
Stone Design for the Home — Morris, John T. and Candace Walsh
Vastu— Silverman, Sherri

Religious Book
Saints of the Pueblos — Carrillo, Charlie
Standing in the Light — Russell, Sharman Apt
Tradition & Heritage — Ortiz, Virginia

Self-help Book
Dying: A Natural Passage — Cope, Denys
Know the Mystery— Daugherty, Marcy Scott
The Book of Kindness— Cook, Mary Lou, Jan Lurie, and Richard Polese

Travel Book
60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Albuquerque— Ausherman, Stephen
Backroads & Byways of New Mexico — Moore, Sally
The Best in Tent Camping: New Mexico— Parr, Monte

Multi-cultural Subject
Brujerias — Garcia, Nasario
J. Frank Torres, Judge and Crusader — Franke, Lois
Medicine Dance— Scarbrough, Marsha
Patterns of Exchange — Wilkins, Teresa
Viva Elfego!— Sager, Stan

Other Nonfiction
New Mexico in 1801 — Hendricks, Rick
New Mexico: Biographical Dictionary Vol. II — Bullis, Don
Remembering Mattie— Chesser, Barbara Russell

Adventure or Drama Novel
Avenging Victorio — DeWitt, Dave
Deadmen’s Bells — Alyce, Joanna
The Edge of Chaos — McCorduck, Pamela
The Galisteo Escarpment — Atwill, Douglas

Historical Fiction/Novel
Arizona War— Groves, Melody
Bell County Bushwhackers — Bushmire, Dave
Cibolero — Lopez, Kermit
Northfield— Boggs, Johnny
Seven Cities of Mud — Weinberg, Florence Byham

Mystery/Suspense Novel
Coyota — Egan, Martha
Endings — Bergin, Barbara
Magic Lance — Simmons, Hal
Rocks in My Bed— Nettleton, Craig
Turquoise Girl — Thurlo, Aimee and David

Romance Novel
Annie’s Song — Steinsiek, Sabra
Deception and Desire — Wolfert, LelaBelle
Many Voices One Song — Percival, Barbara
Stargazer’s Woman— Thurlo, Aimee
The Senator’s Daughter — Carroll, Christine

Science Fiction & Fantasy
CrossTIME Vol VI — Crossquarter
The Chimes of Resdorn — Wheeler, Donna Lee
The MoonQuest — Gerson, Mark David

Other Fiction
Approaching Loss — Marvin, Steve
The Pageant Unveiled— Tippit, Lucretia
To Honor the Dead — Shaw, Joseph

Poetry Book
Desert Hours — Olson, Marian
Graven Images — Sutin, Mike
My Dark People — Kerrigan, T.S.
Speaking with Magpies — McGrath, James
Swallowing the Moon— Otis, Alicia
The Seasons of Yes — Schechter, Lorraine
Whose Body — Levering, Donald

First Book
Historic New Mexico Churches— Lux, Annie
Let Buster Lead — Potter, Deborah Dozier
Our Favorite Recipes— Albuquerque The Magazine
The Road from La Cueva — Ortego, Sheila