Winners announced for Utah Book Award

The Utah Center for the Book announced winners of the Utah Book Award at the Utah Library Association conference in St. George.

The winners are:

Nonfiction: "Eating Stone: Imagination and the Loss of the Wild" ,by Ellen Meloy

Fiction: "Rain in the Valley," by Helen Papanikolas

Children's/Young Adult: "Princess Academy," by Shannon Hale

Poetry: "In All Their Animal Brilliance," by Lance Larsen

Shannon Hale, winner in the Children's/Young Adult category is a previous Utah Book Award winner. "Princess Academy," her winning book this year, was a finalist for the Newbery Award.

Two of the winning authors, Ellen Meloy and Helen Papanikolas, are deceased.

The Utah Center for the Book is based at the Salt Lake City Library.