The winners of the Pulitzer Prizes in the letters and drama categories:
Fiction: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (Knopf)
General nonfiction: The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Scribner)
History: The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery by Eric Foner (Norton)
Biography: Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow (Penguin Press)
Drama: Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris
Poetry: The Best of It: New and Selected Poems by Kay Ryan (Grove Press)