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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 PULITZER PRIZE WINNER AND FINALISTS <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This year’s Pulitzer Prize announcement brought prestigious accolades to three talented Texas authors. The Lone Star Literary Life community congratulates these and all the other award-winning authors! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cristina Rivera Garza<\/strong> won the 2024 Pulitzer for Memoir or Autobiography<\/a><\/u> for LILIANA\u2019S INVINCIBLE SUMMER: A SISTER\u2019S SEARCH FOR JUSTICE. The committee\u2019s praise described the book as \u201ca genre-bending account of the author\u2019s 20-year-old sister, murdered by a former boyfriend, that mixes memoir, feminist investigative journalism, and poetic biography stitched together with a determination born of loss.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Two Texans were also recognized as Pulitzer Prize finalists<\/a><\/u>: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Biography–Tracy Daugherty<\/strong>, LARRY MCMURTRY: A LIFE <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n History–Elliott West<\/strong>, CONTINENTAL RECKONING: THE AMERICAN WEST IN THE AGE OF EXPANSION <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n AUTHOR AWARDS and ACCOLADES <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n TO LOVE A TEXAS RANGER by Linda Broday<\/strong> picked up First Place in the Historical Romance Category in the American Legacy Book Awards<\/a><\/u>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n BECAUSE I LOVED YOU by Donnaldson Brown<\/strong> won the silver IBPA Ben Franklin Award<\/a><\/u> for general fiction from the Independent Book Publishers Association. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n James Lee Burke<\/strong> won the Edgar Award<\/a><\/u> for Best Novel from the Mystery Writers of America. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Linda Castillo<\/strong> won the G.P. Putnam\u2019s Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award<\/a><\/u> from the Mystery Writers of America for AN EVIL HEART, as well as the Edgar Award<\/a><\/u> for Short Story for \u201cHallowed Ground.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n THE GHOSTS OF RANCHO ESPANTO by Adrianna Cuevas<\/strong> won the Edgar Award<\/a><\/u> for Best Juvenile. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n S.J. Dahlstrom’s<\/strong> middle-grade series\u202fHEARTWOOD MOUNTAIN won the Western Heritage Award<\/a><\/u> in the Juvenile Book category from the National Cowboy Museum. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ben Fountain<\/strong> won the prestigious Joyce Carol Oates Prize<\/a><\/u> for his novel DEVIL MAKES THREE. The award has a $50,000 prize and a brief fall residency at the University of California, Berkeley. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thomas Goodman<\/strong> garnered the Grand Prize in the Laramie Book Awards for Americana Fiction<\/a><\/u> with his novel THE LAST MAN: A NOVEL OF THE 1927 SANTA CLAUS BANK ROBBERY. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n YOU\u2019LL SEE by Suzanne Groves<\/strong> won a 2024 Maxy Award<\/a><\/u> in the Bio & Memoir category. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Teresa H. Janssen\u2019s<\/strong> novel THE WAYS OF WATER was recognized as the best Western Novel by the Western Heritage Awards<\/a><\/u>, bestowed by the National Cowboy Museum. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n TASTEFULLY TEXAS by K.S. Jones<\/strong> won first place in the 2023 Laramie Book Awards for American Fiction<\/a><\/u>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n P J Jones<\/strong> and Robert Davidson<\/strong> won the True Crime Nonfiction category of the American Legacy Awards<\/a><\/u>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jan Sikes<\/strong> earned a Literary Titan Book Award<\/a><\/u> for A BEGGAR\u2019S BARGAIN. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In addition to being a Pulitzer finalist, CONTINENTAL RECKONING: THE AMERICAN WEST IN THE AGE OF EXPANSION by Elliott West<\/strong> also received the 2024 Bancroft Prize<\/a><\/u> from Columbia University. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n FINALISTS <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n THE FLEECING OF FORT GRIFFIN by Preston Lewis<\/strong>, was named a finalist in the western category by the American Legacy Book Awards<\/a><\/u>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Chris Mullen<\/strong> earned a finalist spot in the American Legacy Book Awards<\/a><\/u> for ROWDY: TO CATCH A KILLER and ROWDY: RESCUE. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n HERE\u2019S THE STORY\u2026NINE WOMEN WRITE THEIR LIVES was named a Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist<\/a><\/u>. It includes a stories from Texas authors Linda Aronovsky Cox <\/strong>and<\/span><\/span> Kathleen M. Rodgers<\/strong>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n