recognizing
the best books in
New Mexico & the Southwest
Winners & Finalists
The recipients of the 2007 New Mexico Book Awards are here!
The recipients of the 2007 New Mexico Book Awards will be listed here in the fall. A public event honoring all 2007 winners will be held on November 9 at the MCM Elegante Hotel in Albuquerque. Special guests for the event will be Tony Hillerman and Rudy Anaya, who will both be honored for their contributions to New Mexico's books.
Borders Schedules Special Book Signing Events for NM Book Award Winners
Borders Stores in New Mexico have organized a series of special book signing events for the winners in the 2007 New Mexico Book Awards.
Albuquerque, Uptown: Saturday, 1/12 at 2pm
Pat Shapiro, Yoga for Women at Midlife & Beyond
Cindy Bellinger, Journaling for Woman & Waterwise Garden Care
Michelle Holland, The Sound a Raven Makes
Jan Zimmerman, Web Marketing for Dummies
Santa Fe, Sanbusco: Sunday, 1/13 at 2pm
Pat Shapiro, Yoga for Women at Midlife & Beyond
Cindy Bellinger, Journaling for Woman & Waterwise Garden Care
Sawnie Morris, The Sound a Raven Makes
Catherine Ferguson, The Sound a Raven Makes
Michelle Holland, The Sound a Raven Makes
Albuquerque, Northtowne: Saturday, 1/19 at 2pm
Cindy Bellinger, Journaling for Woman & Waterwise Garden Care
Sawnie Morris, The Sound a Raven Makes
Michelle Holland, The Sound a Raven Makes
Jan Zimmerman, Web Marketing for Dummies
Albuquerque, Cottonwood, Saturday, 1/26 at 2pm
Cindy Bellinger, Journaling for Woman & Waterwise Garden Care
Sawnie Morris, The Sound a Raven Makes
Michelle Holland, The Sound a Raven Makes
Jan Zimmerman, Web Marketing for Dummies
Albuquerque, Northtowne: Saturday, 2/9 at 2pm
Ana Baca, Mama Fela’s Girls
Santa Fe, Zafarano: Saturday, 2/9 at 2pm
Susan Miller Cummins, Quarry
Sallie Bingham, Cory’s Feast
Santa Fe, Sanbusco: Sunday, 2/17 at 2pm
Ana Baca, Mama Fela’s Girls
Albuquerque, Cottonwood: Saturday, 2/23 at 3pm
Susan Miller Cummins, Quarry
Albuquerque, Uptown: Saturday, 3/1 at 2pm
Glenys Carl, Hold My Hand
Ellen Klages, The Green Glass Sea
Rene Lainez Colato, Playing Loteria
Albuquerque, Cottonwood: Saturday, 4/5 at 3pm
Don Bullis, New Mexico: A Biographical Dictionary
Antonio Garcez, New Mexico Ghost Stories
Santa Fe, Zafarano: Saturday, 4/12 at 2pm
Abe Pena, Memories of Cibola
Fernando Garavito, Praxis & Ambiguity of the Enemy
Albuquerque, Uptown: Saturday, 4/19 at 2pm
Abe Pena, Memories of Cibola
Fernando Garavito, Praxis & Ambiguity of the Enemy
John Taylor, Dejad a los Ninos
WINNERS, 2007 NEW MEXICO BOOK AWARDS
FRIENDS OF NEW MEXICO BOOKS AWARDS
Rudolfo Anaya
Tony Hillerman
BEST
BOOK 2007
Meyers,
Harold Burton - The Death at Awahi - Texas Tech University
Press
PEOPLES
CHOICE AWARD
Bless
Me Ultima - Rudolfo Anaya - Grand Central Publishing
Best
Children's Book
WINNER
Lainez,
Rene Colato - Playing Loteria - Northland Publishing
FINALISTS
Costales, Amy - Abuelita Full of Life - Northland
Publishing
Hamilton, Kersten - Firefighters to the Rescue! - Viking
Ward, Jennifer - There Was A Coyote Who Swallowed A Flea -
Northland Publishing
Williams, Arlene - Tiny Tortilla - Dutton Childrens Books
Best
Young Adult Book
WINNER
Klages, Ellen - The Green Glass Sea - Penguin USA- Viking
FINALISTS
Abraham, Susan Gonzales and Denis Gonzales - Surprising
Cecilia - Cinco Puntos Press
Flores, Carlos Nicolas - Our House on Hueco - Texas Tech
University Press
Foard, Sheila Wood - Harvey Girl - Texas Tech University
Press
Reeder, Carolyn - The Secret Project Notebook - Los Alamos
Historical Society
Tacang, Brian - Bully Be Gone - HarperCollins
Best Arts Book (includes art, music, or photography)
WINNER
Trimble, Stephen - Lasting Light: 125 Years of Grand Canyon
Photography - Northland Publishing
FINALISTS
Deveney,
Kaylynn - The Day-to-Day Life of Albert Hastings -
Princeton Architectural Press
Udall, Sharyn - Santa Fe Art Colony - Gerald Peters Gallery
Walker, Hollis - Zink: The Language of Enchantment - New
Mexico Magazine
Best
Biography (includes memoirs and autobiographies)
WINNER
Carl, Glenys - Hold My Hand - Macmillan
FINALISTS
Caffey,
David - Frank Springer and New Mexico - Texas A&M Univ
Press
Fenn, Forrest - Teepee Smoke, A New Look at Joseph Henry
Sharp - One Horse Land and Cattle Co
Griego, Marten - Leaving the House of Tears - Future
Destinations Publishing
Wheeler, Richard - An Accidental Novelist - Sunstone Press
Best
Business Book (includes career)
WINNER
Zimmerman, Jan - Web Marketing for Dummies - Wiley
FINALISTS
Grace, Nicole - Mastery At Work: 18 Keys for Achieving
Success - Mani Press
Shipley, Andrew - The Japanese Money Tree - FT Press
Walker, June - Self-employed Tax Solutions - Globe Pequot
Press
Best
Cookbook
WINNER
Fenzl, Barbara Pool - Seasonal Southwest Cooking -
Northland Publishing
FINALISTS
Butel, Jane - Real Women Eat Chiles - Northland Publishing
Casey, Clyde - Red or Green: New Mexico Cuisine - Clear
Light Publishing
DeWitt, Dave - DaVinci's Kitchen - BenBella Books
Best
Gardening Book
WINNER
Bellinger, Cindy - Waterwise Garden Care: Your Practical
Guide - High Country Gardens Publications
FINALIST
ABQ Area Ext Master Gardeners - Down to Earth: A Gardener's
Guide to the Albuquerque Area - ABQ Area Ext Master
Gardeners
Best
Health Book (includes wellness, nutrition, beauty)
WINNER
Shapiro, Pat - Yoga for Women at Midlife & Beyond -
Sunstone Press
Best
New Mexico History Book
WINNER
Powers, Robert - Peopling of Bandelier - SAR Press
FINALISTS
Bartlit, Nancy and Everett Rogers - Silent Voices of World
War II - Sunstone Press
Hordes, Stanley - To the End of the Earth - Columbia
University Press
Poling-Kempes, Lesley - Ghost Ranch - University of Arizona
Press
Best
Southwest History Book
WINNER
Pettit,
Michael - Riding for the Brand - Univ of OK Press
FINALISTS
Bauver, Robert - Navajo and Pueblo Earrings 1850-1945 - Rio
Grande Books
Blake, Michael - Indian Yell - Northland Publishing
Noble, David Grant - Mesa Verde World - SAR Press
Sanchez, Joseph, et. al. - Between Two Countries - Rio
Grande Books
Best
New Age Book
WINNER
Heydt, M. Louise - Divine Rainbow - Sunstone Press
FINALISTS
Audlin, James David - Circle of Life - Clear Light
Publishing
Viola - How Not to Do a Psychic Reading - Infinity
Publishing
Best
Political Book (includes current events)
WINNER
Garavito, Fernando - Praxis and Ambiguity of the Enemy -
Gaon Books
FINALISTS
Baughman,
Sharon - Freedom's Challenges - PAD Company
Vadurro, Bernadette - America's Conscience - Speakers Live
Books
Best
Reference Book
WINNER
Tiller, Veronica - Tiller's Guide to Indian Country -
BowArrow Publishing
FINALISTS
Bullis, Don - New Mexico: A Biographical Dictionary - Rio
Grande Books
Castaneda, Eliza Cross - Family Home of the New West -
Northland Publishing
Davis, Marcie & Melissa Bunnell - Working Like Dogs:
The Service Dog Guidebook - Alpine Publications
Price, LG, et. al. - Mining in New Mexico - NM Bureau of
Geology & Mineral Resources
Best
Religious Book
WINNER
Taylor, John - Dejad a los Niños - LPD Press
FINALISTS
Lucero, Thomas and T. Steele - Religious Architecture in
Hispano New Mexico - LPD Press
Ruggles, Tammy - Peace: Quotations and Aspirations - Clear
Light Publishing
Best
Self-help Book
WINNER
Bellinger,
Cindy - Journaling for Women - Sunstone Press
FINALISTS
Jones,
Teddy and Sue Jane Sullivan - One Hundred Doses - Sunstone
Press
Willson, Harry - Myth and Mortality - Amador Publishing
Wynne, Louis - Healing the Hurting Soul - Booksurge
Best
Travel Book (includes guides
WINNER
Price, LG, et. al. - High Plains of Northeastern New Mexico
- NM Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources
FINALISTS
Barco, Kathy & Valerie Nye - Breakfast Santa Fe Style -
Sunstone Press
Cline, Mary Kay - Albuquerque: Portrait of a Western City -
Clear Light Publishing
Harrelson, Barbara - Walks in Literary Santa Fe - Gibbs
Smith
Best
Book on Hispanic Subject
WINNER (tie)
Pena, Abe - Memories of Cibola - Rio Grande Books
Valencia y Valdez, Gloria - Aqui Se Comienza: A
Genealogical History of the Founding Families of La Villa
de San Felipe de Alburquerque - New Mexico Genealogical
Society
FINALISTS
Archuleta, Ruben - Penitente Renaissance - El Jefe
Pena, Abe - Villages & Villagers - Rio Grande Books
Best
Book on Native American Subject
WINNER
Bauver, Robert - Navajo and Pueblo Earrings 1850-1945 - Rio
Grande Books
FINALISTS
Blake, Michael - Indian Yell - Northland Publishing
Fenn, Forrest - Historic American Indian Dolls - One Horse
Land and Cattle Co
Sando, Joe, and Herman Agoyo - Po'Pay - Clear Light
Publishing
Wilson, Waziyatawin Angela - For Indigenous Eyes Only - SAR
Press
Best
Book, Other Nonfiction
WINNER
Garcez, Antonio - New Mexico Ghost Stories - Red Rabbitt
Press
FINALISTS
Glendinning, Chellis - Chiva: A Village Takes on the Global
Heroin Trade - New Society Publications
Henderson, Charles - Goodnight Saigon - Berkley-Caliber
Johnston, Barbara Rose - Half-Lives & Half-Truths - SAR
Press
Scott, Sam - Encounters with Beauty - Fresco Fine Art
Publications
Best
Novel, adventure or drama
WINNER
Buffington, G.N. - Apache Casino - iUniverse
FINALISTS
Bingham, Sallie - Nick of Time - Sunstone Press
Eisenstadt, Melvin - The Dynamite Campaign - PublishAmerica
Pettigrew, Dawn Karima - The Marriage of Saints - Univ of
OK Press
Shaw, Steve - Beyond the Rio Grande - iUniverse
Best
Novel, historical fiction
WINNER
Baca, Ana - Mama Fela's Girls - UNM Press
FINALISTS
Boggs, Johnny - Camp Ford - Five Star
DeWitt, Dave - Avenging Victorio - Rio Grande Books
Fackler, Elizabeth - Bone Justice - Western Star Books
Farmer, W. Michael - Hombrecito's War - Llumina Press
Noyer, Albert - The Cybelene Conspiracy - The Toby Press
Weinberg, Florence Byham - Apache Lance, Franciscan Cross -
Twilight Times Books
Best
Novel, mystery
WINNER
Miller, Susan Cummins - Quarry - Texas Tech University
Press
FINALISTS
Bullis, Don - Bull's Eye - ABQ Press
Miller, Jonathan - Volcano Verdict - Cool Titles
Van Gieson, Judith - The Wolf Path - ABQ Press
Best
Novel, romance
WINNER
Bingham, Sallie - Cory's Feast - Sunstone Press
FINALISTS
MacQuigg, Donna - The Price of Pride - Thomson/Gale
Storme, Sarah - The Long Way Home - Thomson/Gale
Best
Science Fiction
WINNER
Williamson,
Jack - Stonehenge Gate - TOR
FINALISTS
Chase, Melvyn - The Terminal Project - Sunstone Press
Corwell, David - Cloaked in Shadow: Dark Tales of Elves -
Fantasist Enterprises
Best
Book, Other Fiction
WINNER
Davis, Cynthia - Rahab's Redemption - Crossings Book Club
FINALISTS
Bell, Charles - Millenial Harvest - Lumen Books
Lindskold, Jane - Child of a Rainless Year - Tor
Paul, Paula - Crazy Quilt - UNM Press
Best
Poetry Book (individual or collection)
WINNER
Morris, Sawnie, Michelle Holland, & Catherine Ferguson
- The Sound a Raven Makes - Tres Chicas Books
FINALISTS
Bentley, Daril - The Long Lake And Other Poems - Outskirts
Press
Dyc, Gloria - East West and Beyond - Plain View Press
Stanbrough, Stan - Beyond the Masks - Central Ave Press
Yurcic, Jason - Voice of My Heart - Sherman Asher
Publishing
Best
Anthology
WINNER
Rhodes, Robert - Live Poets' Society Vol III - Live Poets
Society
FINALISTS
Corwell, David - Cloaked in Shadow: Dark Tales of Elves -
Fantasist Enterprises
The Grande Dames - The Trouble with Romance - Treble Heart
Books
Best
First Book
WINNER
Carl,
Glenys - Hold My Hand - Macmillan
FINALISTS
Bradburd, Rus - Paddy on the Hardwood: A Journey in Irish
Hoops - UNM Press
Davis, Marcie & Melissa Bunnell - Working Like Dogs:
The Service Dog Guidebook - Alpine Publications
Grace, Nicole - Mastery At Work: 18 Keys for Achieving
Success - Mani Press
Tacang, Brian - Bully Be Gone - HarperCollins
Best
Book on New Mexico
WINNER
Bullis,
Don - New Mexico: A Biographical Dictionary - Rio Grande
Books
FINALISTS
Bent, Pauline Chavez - Atarque, Now All Is Silent - Rio
Grande Books
Campbell, Suzan - Landscapes of New Mexico - Fresco Fine
Art Publications
Heaphy, Mary Lou - A Cliffe Experience: Tales of NM
1902-1940 - Mary Lou Heaphy Publications
Torrez, Robert - New Mexico in 1876-77 - Rio Grande Books
Best
Book on Southwest
WINNER
Duty, Michael - Western Traditions: Contemporary Artists of
the American Landscape - Fresco Fine Art Publications
FINALISTS
Harrelson, Barbara - Walks in Literary Santa Fe - Gibbs
Smith
Weinberg, Florence Byham - Apache Lance, Franciscan Cross -
Twilight Times Books