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To be eligible for a 2002 National Book Award, a book must have been published in the United States between December 1, 2001 and November 30, 2002 and must have been written by a United States citizen.
The winners were announced on November 20th at a ceremony hosted by Steve Martin. Philip Roth received the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters at this event.
FICTION:
Julia Glass, THREE JUNES (Pantheon Books)
NONFICTION:
Robert A. Caro, MASTER OF THE SENATE: THE YEARS OF LYNDON JOHNSON (Alfred A. Knopf)
POETRY:
Ruth Stone, IN THE NEXT GALAXY (Copper Canyon Press)
YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE:
Nancy Farmer, THE HOUSE OF THE SCORPION (A Richard Jackson Book/Atheneum Books for Young Readers)
FINALISTS FOR 2002 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS:
YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE:
- M.T. Anderson, FEED (Candlewick Press)
- Nancy Farmer, THE HOUSE OF THE SCORPION (A Richard Jackson Book/Atheneum Books for Young Readers)
- Naomi Shihab Nye, 19 VARIETIES OF GAZELLE: POEMS OF THE MIDDLE EAST (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins Publishers)
- Elizabeth Partridge, THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU AND ME: THE LIFE & SONGS OF WOODY GUTHRIE (Viking/Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers)
- Jacqueline Woodson, HUSH (G.P. Putnam’s Sons/Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers)
FICTION:
- Mark Costello, BIG IF (W.W. Norton & Company)
- Julia Glass, THREE JUNES (Pantheon Books)
- Adam Haslett, YOU ARE NOT A STRANGER HERE (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday)
- Martha McPhee, GORGEOUS LIES (Harcourt, Inc.)
- Brad Watson, THE HEAVEN OF MERCURY (W.W. Norton & Company)
POETRY:
- Harryette Mullen, SLEEPING WITH THE DICTIONARY (University of California Press)
- Sharon Olds, THE UNSWEPT ROOM (Alfred A. Knopf)
- Alberto Ríos, THE SMALLEST MUSCLE IN THE HUMAN BODY (Copper Canyon Press)
- Ruth Stone, IN THE NEXT GALAXY (Copper Canyon Press)
- Ellen Bryant Voigt, SHADOW OF HEAVEN (W.W. Norton & Company)
NONFICTION:
- Robert A. Caro, MASTER OF THE SENATE: THE YEARS OF LYNDON JOHNSON (Alfred A. Knopf)
- Devra Davis, WHEN SMOKE RAN LIKE WATER: TALES OF ENVIRONMENTAL DECEPTION AND THE BATTLE AGAINST POLLUTION (Basic Books/Perseus Books Group)
- Atul Gawande, COMPLICATIONS: A SURGEON’S NOTES ON AN IMPERFECT SCIENCE (Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt & Co.)
- Elizabeth Gilbert, THE LAST AMERICAN MAN (Viking Penguin)
- Steve Olson, MAPPING HUMAN HISTORY: DISCOVERING THE PAST THROUGH OUR GENES (Houghton Mifflin Company)
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