Let’s dive into the world of award-winning authors as we explore their winning speeches from the Best Books Awards at the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Ceremony! Discover the secrets behind their eloquence, passion, and creativity as they share their stories and insights.
The Los Angeles Times has been awarding prizes for the best books now for 44 years. The awards, held in conjunction with the annual LA Times Book Festival, were handed out Friday evening, April 19, 2024, located at the University of Southern California (USC).
0:00 Speech Highlight
0:11 The 4 secrets of a great Award Acceptance Speech
2:10 History of this annual event
2:44 Winners’ speeches of each categories
9:25 Walk inside USC campus
10:28 Next video – Fesitival of Books
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List of Winners 2024:
* Achievement in Audiobook Production: Dion Graham and Elishia Merricks, Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir (by Sly Stone).
* Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction: Shannon Sanders for Company: Stories.
* Biography: Gregg Hecimovich for The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts: The True Story of The Bondwoman’s Narrative.
* Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose: Claire Dederer for Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma.
* Current Interest: Roxanna Asgarian for We Were Once A Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America.
* Fiction: Ed Park for Same Bed Different Dreams: A Novel.
* Graphic Novel/Comics: Emily Carroll for A Guest in the House.
* History: Joya Chatterji for Shadows at Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century.
* Mystery/Thriller: Ivy Pochoda for Sing Her Down: A Novel.
* Poetry: Airea D. Matthews for Bread and Circus: Poems.
* Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction: Tananarive Due for The Reformatory: A Novel.
* Science & Technology: Eugenia Cheng for Is Math Real? How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths.
* Young Adult Literature: Amber McBride for Gone Wolf.
* The Robert Kirsch Award: Jane Smiley
* Innovator’s Award: Access Books
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