2011 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNERS

FICTION

Winner: Jesmyn Ward, Salvage the Bones
Finalists:
Andrew Krivak, The Sojourn
Téa Obreht, The Tiger's Wife
Julie Otsuka, The Buddha in the Attic
Edith Pearlman, Binocular Vision

NON-FICTION
Winner: Stephen Greenblatt, The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
Finalists:
Deborah Baker, The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism

Mary Gabriel, Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution

Manning Marable, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
Lauren Redniss, Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout

POETRY

Winner: Nikky Finney, Head Off & Split
Finalists:
Yusef Komunyakaa, The Chameleon Couch
Carl Phillips, Double Shadow
Adrienne Rich, Tonight No Poetry Will Serve: Poems 2007-2010
Bruce Smith, Devotions

YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE
Winner: Thanhha Lai, Inside Out & Back Again
Finalists:

Franny Billingsley, Chime

Debby Dahl Edwardson, My Name Is Not Easy
Albert Marrin, Flesh & Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy
Gary D. Schmidt, Okay for Now