Book Awards

2011 SCIBA Book Award Finalists Announced!

Southern California Independent Booksellers Association's booksellers have selected the 2011 SCIBA Book Award Finalists in six categories.  Each year SCIBA awards books in the following categories; fiction, non fiction, mystery, art, architecture & photography, children's novel and children's picture book. SCIBA's award recipients are the best in their category, loved by Southern California booksellers & represent the incredible literary talent in Southern California.

Receipients of the SCIBA Book Awards are residents of Southern California.  There is one exception made for the Glenn Goldman Award for Art, Architecture & Photography. Glenn had a love for and felt strongly about recognizing talent from all over the world.  Therefore, to honor Glenn, for this category the author / artist does not need to reside within the SCIBA region to be recognized and honored.

 

2011 SCIBA Book Awards will be presented at the Authors Feast & Book Award Dinner on Saturday, October 22 at the Hilton Long Beach Hotel. 

 

The finalists, by category, are:

Glenn Goldman Award for Art, Architecture & Photography:  

• Night Bookmobile by Audrey Niffengger (Abrams ComicArts)
• Dogs by Tim Flach (Abrams)
• Patti Smith 1969 - 1976 by Judy Linn (Abrams)
• MM - Personal: From the Private Archive of Marilyn Monroe by Lois Banner and Mark Anderson (Abrams)

Non Fiction:

• Sacred Sites: The Secret History of Southern California by Susan Suntree (University of Nebraska)
• Radio Shangri-La by Lisa Napoli (Crown)
• Harlow in Hollywood by Darrell Rooney and Mark A. Vieira (Angel City Press)
• Zombie Spaceship Wasteland by Patton Oswalt (Scribner)

T. Jefferson Parker Book Award for Mystery & Thrillers:

• The Sentry by Robert Crais (Putnam)
• San Diego Noir edited by Maryelizabeth Hart (Akashic Books)
• Savages by Don Winslow (Simon & Schuster)
• The Informant by Thomas Perry (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Fiction:

• Wingshooters by Nina Revoyr  (Akashic Books)
• Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (Viking)
• When the Killings Done by T.C. Boyle (Viking)
• Helen of Pasadena by Lian Dolan  (Prospect Park Books)

Children's Novel:

• The Marbury Lens by Andrew Smith (Feiwel & Friends)
• The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens (Random House)
• Summer According to Humphrey by Betty Birney (Putnam)
• One Day and One Amazing Morning on Orange Street by Joanne Rocklin (Amulet)

Children's Picture Book:

• When I Grow Up by Weird Al Yankovic (HarperCollins)
• Me, Frida illustrated by David Diaz (Abrams)
• Otis & Sydney and the Best Birthday Ever by Laura Numeroff (Abrams)
• Bear With Me by Max Kornell (Putnam)

SCIBA Honors T. Jefferson Parker

For his many contributions to Southern California independent bookstores and our community of readers, SCIBA is privileged to honor T. Jefferson Parker by naming its annual mystery award the T. Jefferson Parker SCIBA Mystery Award. This award also honors all of the award winning mysteries Jeff has written and will write in the years to come. Jeff will personally present this award at the annual Authors Feast & Trade Show. 

For those who don't know, T. Jefferson Parker was born in Los Angeles and has lived all of his life in Southern California. Those who don't call him Mr. Parker, call him Jeff. The "T" is silent because, in fact, it's simply a letter of the alphabet. Jeff's mom claimed the T would look better on the door of the President. Good thing for us he prefers writing novels to dabbling in politics. Please visit Jeff at his website.

SCIBA Honors Glenn Goldman

Glenn Goldman was the owner of the internationally-known West Hollywood independent bookstore called Book Soup. While Southern California was his home, there are dozens and dozens of booksellers across the country that consider him their friend. They looked forward to spending time with him, sharing thoughts, concerns, ideas and, of course, opinions about this wonderful business of books.

For his numerous contributions to independent bookselling as a former SCIBA President and board member, a former director of the American Booksellers Association and an enduring presence at SCIBA, ABA & NCIBA events, gatherings and trade shows, even when he was not serving in an official capacity, SCIBA is privileged to honor Glenn by creating a new SCIBA Award category called the Glenn Goldman SCIBA Art & Architecture Award.