PARKLAND longlisted for ALA Andrew Carnegie Medal
Updated: Jan 2
So, good news and bad news, since I've been insanely busy book touring and haven't attended to my blog.
The good news: Parkland: Birth of a Movement, was longlisted last month for a really prestigious award: the American Library Association's Andrew Carnegie Medal for best nonfiction book of 2019.
How cool was that? The year-end awards are just beginning, and gratifying to see Parkland in the mix. Even more cool: I was nominated alongside Toni Morrison!
Unfortunately, they released the short list this week (3 finalists each in fiction and nonfiction), and neither Toni nor I were on it.
They come, they go.
Meanwhile, Parkland was just nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Nonfiction, and you can vote! Please do.
There are 3 rounds of voting, and the first is open now. (Columbine actually won this award 10 years ago, with the help of readers like you.)
Congrats on the Carnegie longlist and the Goodreads nomination—what an honor to be in the company of Toni Morrison, even for a moment! It’s inspiring how *Parkland* continues to spark dialogue. On a tangential note, I’ve been thinking about precision in storytelling, much like the care needed when converting measurements—something as simple as mm to inches can make a big difference in clarity.
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