New Mexico Book Award Winners

Winners, 2009 New Mexico Book Awards
The list of winners can be downloaded HERE.


Children’s Picture Book — sponsored by Albuquerque/Bernalillo Co
Public Library and the Friends of the Albuquerque Public Library
Porter, Pamela — Yellow Moon, Apple Moon (Groundwood Books)

Children’s Activity Book (workbook/craft book/coloring book) —
sponsored by PageOne Books
Cash, Marie Romero — Santos, A Coloring Book (Sunstone Press)

Young Readers Book (to grade 3) — sponsored by Santa Fe Public
Library
Eschberger, Beverly — An Elephant Family Adventure: The Elephants Tour
England (Kinkajou Press)

Juvenile Book (grade school to junior high school) — sponsored by
Printer’s Press
Drucker, Malka — Portraits of Jewish American Heroes (Dutton Childrens Book)
Paulsen, Gary — Notes from the Dog (Wendy Lamb Books/Random House)

Young Adult Book (high school) — sponsored by Albuquerque/Bernalillo
Co Public Library and the Friends of the Albuquerque Public Library
Klages, Ellen — White Sands, Red Menace (Viking)

Anthology (individual or collection) — sponsored by Printer’s Press
Hunner, Jon — Senator Pete Domenici’s Legacy (Rio Grande Books)

Anthropology/Archaeology/Science — sponsored by Rio Rancho Public
Library
Fowler, Catherine and Don Fowler — The Great Basin (School for Advanced Research
Press)

Arts Book (includes art, music, or photography) — sponsored by Cygnet
Press
Manno, Lois — Visions Underground (Rio Grande Books)

Biography (includes memoirs and autobiographies) — sponsored by
Albuquerque The Magazine
Allen, John — Me and the Biospheres (Synergetic Press)

Business Book (includes career) — sponsored by Sunbelt Shows
Moonwalker, Tu & JoAnne O’Brien-Levin — Business Revolution through Ancestral
Wisdom (Outskirts Press)

Cookbook — sponsored by PageOne Books
Hillerman, Anne — Santa Fe Flavors (Gibbs Smith)

Crafts/Hobby/How-to Book— sponsored by Albuquerque The Magazine
Sanchez, Laura and Alex Sanchez — Adobe Houses for Today (Sunstone Press)

Gardening Book — sponsored by Sunbelt Shows
Bruce, Hank & Tomi Jill Folk — Windowsill Whimsy: Gardening & Horticultural
Therapy Projects for Small Spaces (Petals & Pages Press)

Gay/Lesbian (GLBT) Book — sponsored by NM Book Co-op
Tilchen, Maida — Land Beyond Maps (Savvy Press)

Health Book (includes wellness, nutrition, beauty) — sponsored by NM
Coalition for Literacy & WalMart at Zuni
Brasch, Jillian — The Last Gifts: Creative Ways to Be with the Dying (Andrews
McMeel Publishing)

History Book – New Mexico subject — sponsored by NM Humanities
Council
Andrews, Martha and Richard Melzer — The Whole Damned World (Rio Grande
Books)

Multi-cultural Subject (Hispanic, Native American, etc.) — sponsored by
NM Humanities Council
Bsumek, Erika Marie — Indian-Made (University Press of Kansas)
Chávez, Nicolasa — A Century of Masters (Rio Grande Books)

Nature/Environment Book — sponsored by LPD Press/Rio Grande Books
Clark, Paulle — Wolf Song: A Love Story (Dogear Publishing)

New Age Book — sponsored by Sunbelt Shows
Brill, Michael — Numerology for Healing (Destiny Books)

Poetry Book (individual or collection) — sponsored by Rio Grande
Books
Udall, Jay — The Welcome Table (University of New Mexico Press)

Political Book (includes social/current events) — sponsored by PEN New
Mexico
Beller, Ken and Heather Chase — Great Peacemakers (LTS Press)

Reference Book — sponsored by New Mexico State Library
Wheeler, DonnaLee — Who’s the You in the Mirror (Kin Folk Trails)

Religious Book— sponsored by Sunbelt Shows
McLaughlin, Judith — Sacred Feminine (Rio Grande Books)

Self-help Book (includes spirituality /inspirational) — sponsored by
ReadWest
Gerson, Mark David — The Voice of the Muse (LightLines Media)

Travel Book (includes guides) — sponsored by Albuquerque The
Magazine
Nye, Valerie and Kathy Barco — Breakfast New Mexico Style (Sunstone Press)

Nonfiction, Other — sponsored by Sunbelt Shows
Melzer, Richard — Fred Harvey Houses of the Southwest (Arcadia)

Novel – adventure or drama — sponsored by ReadingNewMexico.com
Shaw, Joseph — To Honor the Dead (University of New Mexico Press)

Novel – historical fiction — sponsored by Albuquerque/Bernalillo Co
Public Library and the Friends of the Albuquerque Public Library
Fackler, Elizabeth — My Eyes Have a Cold Nose (Sunstone Press)

Novel – mystery/suspense — sponsored by Word Harvest Writers
Conference
Pyeatt, Keith — Struck (Quest)

Novel - romance — sponsored by the Land of Enchantment Romance
Authors
Redmond, Shirley Raye — Rosemary’s Glove (Avalon Books)

Science Fiction & Fantasy — sponsored by PageOne Books
Hickman, Kirt — Worlds Asunder (Quillrunner Publishing)

Fiction, Other — sponsored by NM Book Co-op
Montoya, Cheryl & Jerry — Three Dog Night (Rio Grande Books)

First Book (first book published by author) — sponsored by Southwest
Writers
Dix, Catherine Parra — Rosetta Stones (Central Ave Press)

People’s Choice
A Thief of Time — Tony Hillerman

Best New Mexico Book
Andrews, Martha and Richard Melzer — The Whole Damned World (Rio Grande
Books)

Best of Show Book
Brasch, Jillian — The Last Gifts: Creative Ways to Be with the Dying (Andrews
McMeel Publishing)
Manno, Lois — Visions Underground (Rio Grande Books)




2009 New Mexico Book Awards FINALISTS
Children’s Picture Book — sponsored by Albuquerque/Bernalillo Co Public Library and the Friends of the Albuquerque Public Library
Hamilton, Kersten — Police Officers on Patrol (Viking)
Heide, Florence Parry and Jill McElmurry — The One and Only Marigold (Schwartz & Wade Books/Random House)
Mraz, David — Little Goose (Tricycle Press)
Nelson, Vaunda — Who Will I Be, Lord? (Random House)
Porter, Pamela — Yellow Moon, Apple Moon (Groundwood Books)
Redmond, Shirley Raye — Blind Tom: The Horse Who Helped Build the Great Railroad (Mountain Press Publishing)

Children’s Activity Book (workbook/craft book/coloring book) — sponsored by PageOne Books
Cash, Marie Romero — Santos, A Coloring Book (Sunstone Press)

Young Readers Book (to grade 3) — sponsored by Santa Fe Public Library
Eschberger, Beverly — An Elephant Family Adventure: The Elephants Tour England (Kinkajou Press)

Juvenile Book (grade school to junior high school) — sponsored by Printer’s Press
Drucker, Malka — Portraits of Jewish American Heroes (Dutton Childrens Book)
Gotsch, Connie — Belle’s Star (Artemesia Publishing)
Hayes, Joe — Dance, Nana, Dance (Cinco Punto Press)
Mayfield, Barbara — The Magical Mrs. Iptweet and Me (AZRO Press)
Paulsen, Gary — Notes from the Dog (Wendy Lamb Books/Random House)
Tacang, Brian — The Model President (HarperCollins)

Young Adult Book (high school) — sponsored by Albuquerque/Bernalillo Co Public Library and the Friends of the Albuquerque Public Library
Beller, Ken and Heather Chase — Great Peacemakers (LTS Press)
Buckley, Kate — Choices (Book Publishers Network)
Dix, Catherine Parra — Rosetta Stones (Central Ave Press)
Klages, Ellen — White Sands, Red Menace (Viking)
Lassiter, Karl — Drifter (Avalon)

Anthology (individual or collection) — sponsored by Printer’s Press
diSuvero, Victor — We Came to Santa Fe (Pennywhistle Press)
Hunner, Jon — Senator Pete Domenici’s Legacy (Rio Grande Books)
Lacy, Ann & Anne Valley-Fox — Outlaws & Desperados (Sunstone Press)

Anthropology/Archaeology/Science — sponsored by Rio Rancho Public Library
Fowler, Catherine and Don Fowler — The Great Basin (School of American Research Press)
Kandasamy, W.B. Vasantha and Florentin Smarandache — n-Linear Algebra of Type II (ILQ)

Arts Book (includes art, music, or photography) — sponsored by Cygnet Press
Barrow, Thomas & Kristen Barendsen — Photography: New Mexico (Fresco Fine Arts)
Manno, Lois — Visions Underground (Rio Grande Books)
Owings, Natalie — The Heart and Soul Animal Sanctuary (Sunstone Press)

Biography (includes memoirs and autobiographies) — sponsored by Albuquerque The Magazine
Allen, John — Me and the Biospheres (Synergetic Press)
Dunaway, David — How Can I Keep From Singing? (Villard)
Sager, Stan — ¡Viva Elfego! (Sunstone Press)
Stevens, Reed — Santa Fe Dreamhouse (iUniverse)

Business Book (includes career) — sponsored by Sunbelt Shows
Durgin, David with Sherry Robinson — Entrepreneur to Investor the Hard Way (Sunstone Press)
Moonwalker, Tu & JoAnne O’Brien-Levin — Business Revolution through Ancestral Wisdom (Outskirts Press)

Cookbook — sponsored by PageOne Books
Hillerman, Anne — Santa Fe Flavors (Gibbs Smith)

Crafts/Hobby/How-to Book— sponsored by Albuquerque The Magazine
Davis, Jerry — Master of None (Montañas Press)
Sanchez, Laura and Alex Sanchez — Adobe Houses for Today (Sunstone Press)

Gardening Book — sponsored by Sunbelt Shows
Bruce, Hank & Tomi Jill Folk — Windowsill Whimsy: Gardening & Horticultural Therapy Projects for Small Spaces (Petals & Pages Press)
Giannangelo, Frank & Vicky — Growing with the Seasons (Sunstone Press)

Gay/Lesbian (GLBT) Book — sponsored by NM Book Co-op
Katt, AC — The Sarran Plague (Eternal Press)
Pyeatt, Keith — Struck (Quest)
Tilchen, Maida — Land Beyond Maps (Savvy Press)

Health Book (includes wellness, nutrition, beauty) — sponsored by NM Coalition for Literacy & WalMart at Zuni
Brasch, Jillian — The Last Gifts: Creative Ways to Be with the Dying (Andrew McMeel Publishing)
Calhoun, Yael, Matthew Calhoun and Nicole Hamory — Yoga for Kids to Teens (Sunstone Press)

History Book – New Mexico subject — sponsored by NM Humanities Council
Andrews, Martha and Richard Melzer — The Whole Damned World (Rio Grande Books)
Burke, Flannery — From Greenwich Village to Taos (University Press of Kansas)
Kessell, John — Pueblos, Spaniards and the Kingdom of New Mexico (University of Oklahoma Press)
Martin, Craig & Heather McClenahan — Of Logs and Stone (All Seasons Publishing)
Torrez, Robert — Myth of the Hanging Tree (University of New Mexico Press)

Multi-cultural Subject (Hispanic, Native American, etc.) — sponsored by NM Humanities Council
Bsumek, Erika Marie — Indian-Made (University Press of Kansas)
Chávez, Nicolasa — A Century of Masters (Rio Grande Books)
diSuvero, Victor — We Came to Santa Fe (Pennywhistle Press)
Kessell, John — Pueblos, Spaniards and the Kingdom of New Mexico (University of Oklahoma Press)
Medina-Sandoval, Isabelle —Guardians of Hidden Traditions (Gaon Books)

Nature/Environment Book — sponsored by LPD Press/Rio Grande Books
Clark, Paulle — Wolf Song: A Love Story (Dogear Publishing)
Lipman, Jane — The Rapture of Tulips (Pudding House Publications)
Lopez, Clarissa — Fisher-Chick (Clarissa Lopez)

New Age Book — sponsored by Sunbelt Shows
Brill, Michael — Numerology for Healing (Destiny Books)
Lightwater, Rheanni — Reiki Chakra Keys (Soul Resources)

Poetry Book (individual or collection) — sponsored by Rio Grande Books
Lipman, Jane — The Rapture of Tulips (Pudding House Publications)
Norris, Noreen — Caught Heart (Sunstone Press)
Udall, Jay — The Welcome Table (University of New Mexico Press)
Yurcic, Jason — Odes to Anger (West End Press)

Political Book (includes social/current events) — sponsored by PEN New Mexico
Beller, Ken and Heather Chase — Great Peacemakers (LTS Press)
Bullis, Don — New Mexico & Politicians of the Past (Rio Grande Books)
Smarandache, Florentin — Global Totalitarianism & the Working Animals (ILQ)

Reference Book — sponsored by New Mexico State Library
Beverly, Edward — Chasing the Sun (Sunstone Press)
Bullis, Don — The Old West Trivia Book (Rio Grande Books)
Kandasamy, W.B. Vasantha and Florentin Smarandache — Special Classes of Set Codes and Their Applications (ILQ)
Smarandache, Florentin — Experimental Paradoxist Linguistics (ILQ)
Wheeler, DonnaLee — Who’s the You in the Mirror (Kin Folk Trails)

Religious Book— sponsored by Sunbelt Shows
Drucker, Malka — Women and Judaism (Praeger)
Drucker, Malka — Portraits of Jewish American Heroes (Dutton Childrens Book)
McLaughlin, Judith — Sacred Feminine (Rio Grande Books)
Thompson, Jim — The Physics of Genesis (Pleasant Word)

Self-help Book (includes spirituality /inspirational) — sponsored by ReadWest
Brasch, Jillian — The Last Gifts: Creative Ways to Be with the Dying (Andrew McMeel Publishing)
Gerson, Mark David — The Voice of the Muse (LightLines Media)
Thompson, Jim — The St. Nicholas Solution (iUniverse)
Vorhand, Susan — The Mosaic Within (Gaon Books)

Travel Book (includes guides) — sponsored by Albuquerque The Magazine
Lopez, Clarissa — Fisher-Chick (Clarissa Lopez)
Nye, Valerie and Kathy Barco — Breakfast New Mexico Style (Sunstone Press)

Nonfiction, Other — sponsored by Sunbelt Shows
Baxter, John — Cowboy Park (Texas Tech University Press)
Melzer, Richard — Fred Harvey Houses of the Southwest (Arcadia)
Reichman, Rick — 20 Things You Must Know to Write a Great Screenplay (Central Ave Press)
Schweidel, David & Robert Boswell — What Men Call Treasure (Cinco Punto Press)
Stevens, Reed — Santa Fe Dreamhouse (iUniverse)

Novel – adventure or drama — sponsored by ReadingNewMexico.com
Martinez, Mario — Converso (Gaon Books)
Maynard, Lee — The Pale Light of Sunset (Vandalia Press)
Miller, Jonathan — La Bajada Lawyer (Cool Titles)
Shaw, Joseph — To Honor the Dead (University of New Mexico Press)

Novel – historical fiction — sponsored by Albuquerque/Bernalillo Co Public Library and the Friends of the Albuquerque Public Library
Davis, Will — Six Points of Death (Outskirts Press)
Fackler, Elizabeth — My Eyes Have a Cold Nose (Sunstone Press)
Groves, Melody — Border Ambush (La Frontera Publishing)
Jones, Jim — Rustler’s Moon (PublishAmerica)
Klages, Ellen — White Sands, Red Menace (Viking)
Tilchen, Maida — Land Beyond Maps (Savvy Press)

Novel – mystery/suspense — sponsored by Word Harvest Writers Conference
Fackler, Elizabeth — My Eyes Have a Cold Nose (Sunstone Press)
Hightower, Gloria — The Shadow Mountain Murders (Chaparral Center)
Pyeatt, Keith — Struck (Quest)
Shaw, Joseph — To Honor the Dead (University of New Mexico Press)

Novel - romance — sponsored by the Land of Enchantment Romance Authors
Katt, AC — The Sarran Plague (Eternal Press)
Redmond, Shirley Raye — Rosemary’s Glove (Avalon Books)

Science Fiction & Fantasy — sponsored by PageOne Books
Hickman, Kirt — Worlds Asunder (Quillrunner Publishing)
Katt, AC — The Sarran Plague (Eternal Press)
Wheeler, DonnaLee — Kalleni Beyond (Kinfolk Trails)

Fiction, Other — sponsored by NM Book Co-op
Cash, Marie Romero — Lowrider Blues (Sunstone Press)
Fraser, KJ — A Journey, A Reckoning, and A Miracle (O-Books)
King, Nancy — The Stones Speak (Atelier Books)
Montoya, Cheryl & Jerry — Three Dog Night (Rio Grande Books)

First Book (first book published by author) — sponsored by Southwest Writers
Dix, Catherine Parra — Rosetta Stones (Central Ave Press)
Jones, Jim — Rustler’s Moon (PublishAmerica)
Lehman, Theodore — Herr Krupp’s Berthawerk (Gaon Books)
Lipman, Jane — The Rapture of Tulips (Pudding House Publications)
Pyeatt, Keith — Struck (Quest)
Shaw, Joseph — To Honor the Dead (University of New Mexico Press)
Walker, Karen — Following the Whispers (Bascom Hill Publishing Group)

Connie Gotsch www.conniegotsch.com Host Write On Four Corners KSJE FM, Farmington NM www.ksje.com Author two award winning novels Snap Me a Future and A Mouthful of Shell available www.dlsijpress.com

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