Tuesday, January 1, 2008

The Quill Book Awards Announce Quill Books of the Year

Audio – presented by Mary Higgins Clark and Steve ShirripaTo Kill a Mockingbird
Written by Harper Lee; Read by Sissy SpacekPublished by Caedmon Audio, HarperCollins Publishers

Biography/ Memoir – presented by Tina Brown and Jonathan Groff Einstein: His Life and Universe
Written by Walter Isaacson Published by Simon & Schuster

Business – presented by Tina Brown and Jonathan Groff The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't
Written by Robert I. Sutton, PhD Published by Business Plus, Grand Central Publishing

Children’s Chapter/ Middle Grade – presented by Sarah Ferguson and Rocco DiSpirito The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Written by Brian SelznickPublished by Scholastic Press

Children’s Picture Books – presented by Jeff Dunham and Walter Flotsam
Written by David Wiesner Published by Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin

Cooking – presented by Sarah Ferguson and Rocco DiSpirito Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition
Written by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, and Ethan BeckerPublished by Scribner

Debut Author – presented by Dan Rather & Catherine Crier The Thirteenth Tale
Written by Diane SetterfieldPublished by Atria

General Fiction – presented by Lorraine Bracco and Gay Talese The Road
Written by Cormac McCarthy Published by Alfred A. Knopf

Graphic Novel – presented by Jeff Dunham and Walter Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels
Written by Scott McCloud Published by Harper Paperbacks

Health/ Self-Improvement – presented by Brooke Shields & Tiki Barber How Doctors Think
Written by Jerome Groopman, M.D.Published by Houghton Mifflin

History/ Current Events/ Politics – presented by Dan Rather & Catherine Crier The Assault on Reason
Written by Al GorePublished by The Penguin Press

Humor – presented by Stephen Colbert I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence
Written by Amy Sedaris Published by Warner Books

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller – presented by Mary Higgins Clark and Steve Shirripa What the Dead Know
Written by Laura Lippman Published by William Morrow

Poetry – presented by Dan Rather & Catherine Crier For the Confederate Dead
Written by Kevin Young Published by Alfred A. Knopf

Religion/ Spirituality – presented by Mary Higgins Clark and Steve ShirripaReligious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know -- And Doesn't
Written by Stephen Prothero Published by Harper One

Romance – presented by Brooke Shields & Tiki Barber Angels Fall
Written by Nora Roberts Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons

Science Fiction/ Fantasy/ Horror – presented by Lorraine Bracco and Gay Talese The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One)
Written by Patrick Rothfuss Published by DAW Books

Sports – presented by Brooke Shields & Tiki Barber The Kings of New York: A Year Among the Geeks, Oddballs, and Geniuses Who Make Up America's Top High School Chess Team
Written by Michael Weinreb Published by Gotham Books

Young Adult/ Teen – presented by Tina Brown and Jonathan Groff Sold
Written by Patricia McCormickPublished by Hyperion Books for Children

Special Awards:

Quill 2007 Variety Blockbuster Book to Film Award - presented by Joan Allen and Peter Bart
The Bourne Film Trilogy Universal Pictures

2007 Platinum Quill - presented by Lorraine Bracco and Gay Talese
David Halberstam

2007 Corporate Literacy Quill -- presented by Gerry Byrne

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