National Book Award

[ nash-uh-nl book uh-wawrd, nash-nuhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

any of several awards given annually to an author whose book is judged the best in its category: presented 1936–42, reestablished 1950, and since 1998 administered by the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization. : NBA, N.B.A.

But the National Book Award-nominated author was already regarded as a modern master.

Why not write about Thomas Williams, that other neglected National Book Award winner with the same last name?

The 2013 fiction judges: Charles Baxter was a finalist for the National Book Award in fiction in 2000 for The Feast of Love.

René Steinke was a 2005 National Book Award finalist in fiction for her novel Holy Skirts.

Someone By Alice McDermott The first novel in seven years from the National Book Award winner.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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