The finalists for Barnes & Noble's 2010 Discover Great New Writers Awards are:
Fiction
Kim Echlin for The Disappeared (Black Cat)
Nic Pizzolatto for Galveston (Scribner)
Eric Puchner for Model Home (Scribner)
Nic Pizzolatto for Galveston (Scribner)
Eric Puchner for Model Home (Scribner)
Nonfiction
David R. Dow for The Autobiography of an Execution (Twelve)
Siddhartha Mukherjee for The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Scribner)
Rebecca Skloot for The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Crown)
Siddhartha Mukherjee for The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Scribner)
Rebecca Skloot for The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Crown)
The winners in each category receive a $10,000 prize and a year of additional promotion in B&N stores. Second-place finalists take home receive $5,000, with $2,500 going to third-place finalists $2,500. Winners will be announced March 2.