The winners of the 2015 New England Book Awards, voted on by members of the New England Independent Booksellers Association, are:
Fiction: Blue Horses: Poems by Mary Oliver (Penguin Press);
Nonfiction: Being Mortal by Atul Gawande (Metropolitan/Macmillan)
Children's: Baba Yaga's Assistant by Marika McCoola, illustrated by Emily Carroll (Candlewick)
The awards will be presented during NEIBA's annual awards banquet at the Biltmore Hotel in Providence R.I., on October 6.
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The winners of the 2015 RITA Awards, sponsored by the Romance Writers of America, are:
Best first book: Run to You by Clara Kensie (Harlequin/TEEN)
Contemporary romance, long: Baby, It's You by Jane Graves Grand Central/Forever)
Contemporary Romance, mid-length: One in a Million by Jill Shalvis (Grand Central)
Contemporary romance, short: A Texas Rescue Christmas by Caro Carson (Harlequin)
Paranormal romance: Evernight by Kristen Callihan (Grand Central/Forever)
Historical romance, long: Fool Me Twice by Meredith Duran (Pocket Books)
Historical romance, short: Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare (Avon)
Young adult romance: Boys Like You by Juliana Stone (Sourcebooks/Fire)
Erotic romance: The Saint by Tiffany Reisz (Harlequin/Mira)
Romance novella: His Road Home by Anna Richland (Harlequin/Carina Press)
Romantic suspense: Concealed in Death by J.D. Robb (Putnam)
Inspirational romance: Deceived by Irene Hannon (Baker Publishing Group/Revell)
Winners of this year's RWA Golden Heart awards, which recognize excellence in unpublished romance manuscripts, can be found here.