Philip Pullman, author of the His Dark Materials series, among other works, has won the J.M. Barrie Award, honoring "a lifetime's achievement in delighting children," the Bookseller reported.
Vicky Ireland, chair of Action for Children's Arts, which sponsors the award, praised Pullman for "his outstanding talent as a storyteller who appeals to all ages, especially to the young. We consider him a magical, magnificent spinner of yarns, who for many years has pulled his readers and audiences in by the power of his imagination to explore realms of wonder and adventure."
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| Yesterday at NCIBA's Spring Workshop/ABA Forum, Martin Cruz Smith received his lifetime achievement award. From l.: Luisa Smith of Book Passage; Martin Cruz Smith; NCIBA executive director Calvin Crosby; Nell Smith; Em Smith. | |
The winners of the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association's 2018 Golden Poppy Awards, recognizing "the most distinguished books published by Northern California writers and artists," are:
Lifetime Achievement: Martin Cruz Smith
Regional Title: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou (Knopf)
Regional Title Honorable Mention: Carleton Watkins: Making the West American by Tyler Green (University of California Press)
Fiction: There There by Tommy Orange (Knopf)
Non Fiction: How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press)
Martin Cruz Smith Award in Suspense/Mystery: Through the Bookstore Window by Bill Petrocelli (Rare Bird)
Martin Cruz Smith Award in Suspense/Mystery Honorable Mention: To Die but Once: A Maisie Dobbs Novel by Jacqueline Winspear (Harper)
Poetry: Cenzontle by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo (BOA Editions)
Food: Season: Wine Country Food, Farming, and Friends by Justin Wangler, Tracey Shepos Cenami, with Tucker Taylor and Jackson Family Wines (Cameron and Company)
Young Adult: Little Do We Know by Tamara Ireland Stone (Disney-Hyperion)
Middle Reader: Love, Penelope by Joanne Rocklin (Amulet Books)
Picture Book: Boats on the Bay by Jeanne Walker Harvey (Cameron Kids)
Mirrors and Windows Honorees:
Picture Us in the Light by Kelly Loy Gilbert (Disney-Hyperion)
Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love (Candlewick Press)