Washington State Book Awards winners were announced on Saturday, October 13, 2018 at the Seattle Public Library.
The Washington State Book Awards honor works of outstanding literary merit by Washington authors. An award is given based on the strength of the publication’s literary merit, lasting importance and overall quality to an author who was born in Washington state or is a current resident and has maintained residence here for at least three years.
Congratulations to all the winners!
Biography/ memoir: The Spider and the Fly by Claudia Rowe (Seattle)
Fiction: This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel (Seattle)
Nonfiction: Mozart’s Starling by Lyanda Lynn Haupt (Seattle)
Poetry: Water & Salt by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha (Redmond)
Picture book: Shawn Loves Sharks by Curtis Manley (Bellevue)
Books for young readers, ages 6-8: Zoey and Sassafras: Dragons and Marshmallows by Asia Citro (Issaquah)
Books for middle readers, ages 9-12: The Many Reflections of Miss Jane Deming by J. Anderson Coats (Everett)
Books for young-adult readers, ages 13-18: The Arsonist by Stephanie Oakes (Spokane)