National Book Award Winner: Sherman Alexie

Yep.  Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian hath won the honor.

Well, it’s YA, but it is also sitting on my shelf here, so I should probably go on and read it.  The chair for the Young Person’s Literature committee, Elizabeth Partridge (I’ve always had an affection with bird-related last names and Elizabeth-related first names) stopped by my library with fellow author Susan Campbell Bartoletti at her side yesterday.  They were charming, and I forced both of them to sign their books for our collection.  As I did that, my co-worker did her darndest to talk up the books she wanted to win.  That’s how we librarians work.  We’re sneaky and sly.

Here’s an interview with Mr. Alexie here.

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