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Photo (L to R) Top Row: Janssen, Balli\u0301, Mendez, Bracken, Balca\u0301rcel; Row 2: Wright, Cobb, Tate; Row 3: Bajaj, Simmons, Ruiz, McAllen; Row 4: Williams, Patterson, Wynter, Kemp, Trevin\u0303o. <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is your semi-regular roundup of new and recent awards garnered by Texas books and authors since our last roundup<\/a><\/u>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n AWARDS & ACCOLADES <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n Members of the Texas Institute of Letters<\/a><\/u> have overwhelmingly approved twelve new writers to be inducted into the\u202fTIL. 2024 honorees are Varsha Bajaj<\/strong>, Rebecca Balca\u0301rcel<\/strong>, Cecilia Balli\u0301<\/strong>, Michael Bracken<\/strong>, Laeken Zea Kemp<\/strong>, Mary Margaret McAllen<\/strong>, Matt Mendez<\/strong>, Leslie Jill Patterson<\/strong>, Rudy Ruiz<\/strong>, Ruth J. Simmons<\/strong>, Natalia Trevin\u0303o<\/strong>, and Lucinda Williams<\/strong>. The TIL\u2019s elected membership consists of the state\u2019s most recognized and serious writers. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n May Cobb’s<\/strong>\u202fTHE HUNTING WIVES will soon be an eight-episode series on Starz<\/a><\/u>, with shooting to begin this spring. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n THE WAYS OF WATER by Teresa Janssen<\/strong> was just awarded the 2024 Lariat Award<\/a><\/u> for Outstanding Western Novel by the Western Heritage Center\/National Cowboy Museum. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Don Tate<\/strong> won the 2024 Children & Youth Literary Award for Nonfiction<\/a><\/u> with JERRY CHANGED THE GAME, sponsored by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, Inc. and the School Library Journal<\/em>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n GOD SAVE TEXAS by Larry Wright<\/strong>\u202fis the basis for an HBO docuseries<\/a><\/u>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Anne Wynter\u2019s<\/strong> NELL PLANTS A TREE won the 2024 Ezra Jack Keats Award for a Writer<\/a><\/u> and the 2024 Golden Kite Awards<\/a><\/u> for Picture Book Text. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n FINALISTS & LONG LIST ANNOUNCEMENTS <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n Roxanna Asgarian<\/strong> is a finalist for the New York Public Library\u2019s Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism<\/a><\/u> with WE WERE ONCE A FAMILY: A STORY OF LOVE, DEATH, AND CHILD REMOVAL IN AMERICA. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n R.H. Snow\u2019s<\/strong> WATCHER OF THE DAMNED: TRAIL OF TRAVAIL is a finalist for the Prometheus Award for Best Novel<\/a><\/u>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Texas Author Finalists for the 2023 Laramie Book Awards<\/a><\/u> (winners announced April 20, 2024): <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Myra Hargrave McIlvain<\/strong> — THE KNOTTED RING <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Thomas Goodman<\/strong> — THE LAST MAN: A NOVEL OF THE 1927 SANTA CLAUS BANK ROBBERY <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Julia Daily <\/strong>— THE FIFTH DAUGHTER OF THORN RANCH <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n K.S. Jones<\/strong> — TASTEFULLY TEXAS <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Texas Authors on the Longlist for the Green Earth Book Awards<\/a><\/u> (winners announced April 22, 2024): <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Meghan P. Browne<\/strong> — THE BEES OF NOTRE-DAME <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Christina Soontornvat<\/strong> — LEGENDS OF LOTUS ISLAND: THE GUARDIAN TEST and LEGENDS OF LOTUS ISLAND: INTO THE SHADOW MIST <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Jessica Lee Anderson<\/strong> — NAOMI NASH: SAVING SNAKES <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Texas authors on the list of finalists for the Selah Awards<\/a><\/u> (winners announced May 29, 2024) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Mary Alford<\/strong> \u2013 AMISH WILDERNESS SURVIVOR (Romantic Suspense) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Lori DeJong<\/strong> \u2013 LOVE\u2019S TRUE CALLING (First Novel) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Heather L. L. FitzGerald<\/strong> \u2013 THE SECRET OF STARDUST (Speculative) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Kelly Irvin<\/strong> — THE YEAR OF GOODBYES AND HELLOS (Women\u2019s Fiction) and EVERY GOOD GIFT (Contemporary Romance) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n DiAnn Mills<\/strong> \u2013 FACING THE ENEMY (Romantic Suspense) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Paula Peckham<\/strong> \u2013 ACCEPTED (Western) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Karen Witemeyer<\/strong> \u2013 IN HER SIGHTS (Novella) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n