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Kirkus Reviews is an American book review magazine founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus. The magazine's publisher, Kirkus Media , is headquartered in New York City . [2] Kirkus Reviews confers the annual Kirkus Prize to authors of fiction , nonfiction , and young readers' literature .
The Kirkus Prize is an American literary award conferred by the book review magazine Kirkus Reviews.Established in 2014, the Kirkus Prize bestows US$150,000 annually. Three authors are awarded US$50,000 each, divided into three categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, and Young Readers' Literature.
Virginia Kirkus. Virginia Kirkus (December 7, 1893 – September 10, 1980) was the founder and president of what would become Kirkus Reviews from 1933 to 1962. Before creating her service in 1933, Kirkus was a teacher in Delaware during the late 1910s. In the 1920s, Kirkus went to New York to edit for Pictorial Review and McCall's.
128. Awards. Orwell Prize. ISBN. 9780802158741 Hardcover edition. OCLC. 1271995923. Small Things like These is a historical fiction novel by Claire Keegan, published on 30 November 2021 by Grove Press. In 2022, the book won the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, [1] and was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize [2] and the Booker Prize.
Otto of the Silver Hand is a children's historical novel set in the Middle Ages written and illustrated by Howard Pyle.It was published in 1888 by Charles Scribner's Sons.The novel is set in 13th-century Germany, partly during the Great Interregnum and partly during the reign of Rudolph of Habsburg.
Genre. Young adult fiction, adult fantasy. Years active. 2015–present. Notable works. Letters of Enchantment series. Website. rebeccarossauthor .com. Rebecca Ross is an American author of young adult novels and adult fantasy, best known for her New York Times bestselling Letters of Enchantment duology.
Punching the Air. Punching the Air is a young adult novel-in-verse by Ibi Zoboi and Dr. Yusef Salaam, published September 1, 2020 by Balzer + Bray . The book is a New York Times best seller [1] [2] and Junior Library Guild book. [3] [4] It has also won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature [5] and the Walter Dean Myers ...
Elizabeth Garton grew up in Vail, Colorado and later moved to Wisconsin. Her undergraduate degree was in English and her graduate was in Creative Writing. After helping her daughter put on socks she got the idea for her first book, A Sock Is A Pocket for Your Toes (2004). Five years later in September 2009, her second book All the World was ...