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Michigan Author Award
The Michigan Author Award is awarded annually by the Michigan Library Association to recognize an outstanding published body of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or play script. A panel of judges representing Michigan librarians and the Michigan Center for the Book determines the recipient on overall literary merit. Michigan Author Award recipients * 1992 Dan Gerber * 1993 Charles Baxter * 1994 Nancy Willard * 1995 Janet Kauffman * 1996 Elmore Leonard * 1997 Loren Estleman * 1998 Gloria Whelan * 1999 Jerry Dennis * 2000 Janie Lynn Panagopoulos * 2001 Thomas Lynch * 2002 Nicholas Delbanco * 2003 Diane Wakoski * 2004 Patricia Polacco * 2005 Christopher Paul Curtis * 2006 Steve Hamilton * 2007 Sarah Stewart * 2008 Tom Stanton * 2009 Dave Dempsey * 2010 John Smolens * 2011 Gary Schmidt * 2012 Bonnie Jo Campbell * 2013 Laura Kasischke * 2014 Jim Harrison * 2015 David Small * 2016 Jacqueline Carey * 2017 Doc Fletcher * 2018 Beverly Jenkins * 2019 Jaimy Gordon * 2020 Mitch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michigan Library Association
The Michigan Library Association is a United States professional association headquartered in Lansing, Michigan that advocates for libraries in Michigan on behalf of the state's residents. Founded in 1891 its members are more than 2,700 individuals and organizations from public, school, academic, cooperative, private and special libraries. With a mission to lead the advancement of all Michigan libraries through advocacy, education and engagement, the Michigan Library Association (MLA) is Michigan's oldest and largest library association and has advocated for libraries on behalf of the state's residents for more than 130 years. MLA has influenced the course of Michigan's libraries since its inception in 1891, when Mary A. Eddy, the librarian at Coldwater Free Public Library, wrote to Henry M. Utley of the Detroit Public Library about organizing a state library association. They had discussed this matter at the 1890 meeting of the American Library Association in New Hampshire, beli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Stanton (author)
Tom Stanton (born December 17, 1960 in Warren, Michigan) is the author of several nonfiction books, including two memoirs. In 1983, Stanton, a journalist, co-founded ''The Voice Newspapers'' in suburban Detroit and served as editor for sixteen years before embarking on a literary career in 1999. A former Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan, Stanton teaches journalism at the University of Detroit Mercy. In 2008, Stanton won the Michigan Author Award. Books Stanton's first baseball book was ''The Final Season'', a memoir of the last season of Detroit Tigers baseball at historic Tiger Stadium (during which, Stanton attended all Tigers home games), as well as his familial relationships and the way baseball bonded fathers and sons together. The book was well-received, winning ''Spitball Magazine's'' CASEY Award and '' Elysian Field Quarterly's'' Dave Moore Award, which are annually awarded for the year's best baseball book. Stanton's second baseball memoir, '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Massie
Larry is a masculine given name in English, derived from Lawrence or Laurence. It can be a shortened form of those names. Larry may refer to the following: People Arts and entertainment *Larry D. Alexander, American artist/writer * Larry Boone, American country singer * Larry Collins, American musician, member of the rockabilly sibling duo The Collins Kids * Larry David (born 1947), Emmy-winning American actor, writer, comedian, producer and film director * Larry Emdur, Australian TV host *Larry Feign, American cartoonist working in Hong Kong * Larry Fine, of the Three Stooges *Larry Gates, American actor * Larry Gatlin, American country singer * Larry Gelbart (1928–2009), American screenwriter, playwright, director and author *Larry Graham, founder of American funk band Graham Central Station *Larry Hagman, American actor, best known for the TV series ''I Dream of Jeannie'' and ''Dallas'' * Larry Henley (1937–2014), American singer and songwriter, member of The Newbeats *L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |