We’re delighted to announce the winners of the 2015 Pacific Northwest Book Awards! A volunteer committee of independent booksellers chose these six books from more than 250 nominated titles published in 2014. A Shortlist of 15 finalists was announced in November.

Original essays from each of the winners will be featured on this site over the next several weeks, beginning this Friday, January 9.

The authors will accept their award plaques at favorite local bookstores. We will post event details as they are available.

The 2015 Winners:

Anthony Doerr (Boise, ID)

All the Light We Cannot See

Scribner Book Co.

Award Presentation: Rediscovered Books, Boise, ID

 

Renee Erickson (Seattle, WA)

A Boat, a Whale & a Walrus: Menus and Stories

Sasquatch Books

Award Presentation: Book Larder, Seattle, WA

 

Pete Fromm (Missoula, MT)

If Not for This

Red Hen Press

Award Presentation: Chapter One Book Store, Hamilton, MT

 

Molly Gloss (Portland, OR)

Falling from Horses

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Award Presentation: Broadway Books, Portland, OR

 

William Ritter (Springfield, OR)

Jackaby

Algonquin Young Readers

Award Presentation: University of Oregon Duck Store, Eugene, OR

 

Leslye Walton (Seattle, WA)

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender

Candlewick Press

Award Presentation: Elliott Bay Book Co., Seattle, WA

 

The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association is a non-profit trade association that supports independent bookselling, literacy and free speech in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. Each year since 1965, the PNBA Awards have celebrated exceptional books written by Northwest authors.