My editor had emailed the news that I was a finalist a few hours earlier, but I didn't realize they would print these, and it hit me very differently when I saw it in print.
Jill Lamar, who directs the program, also included very nice comments in her letter to readers on the cover: "The six finalists include . . . a journalist who spent years investigating the high-school massacre in Littleton, Colorado, to craft his book . . ."
Winners will be announced March 3 at a NY ceremony.
Starting yesterday, Columbine should be back in the Discover Great New Writers section of every B&N store for the next two months, and I think that means it will be 20% off in all their stores for the duration. If it wins, it stays there for a full year.
Thank you Jill and everyone at B&N. You guys have been very good to my little book.
I think I forgot to mention that Columbine has also been nominated for an Edgar Award. That ceremony is April 29, also in NYC.
The book has made two dozen Best of 2009 lists now, including Top Fives from Salon and the LA Times, and #1 from iTunes and the American School Board Journal, which named it Top Education Book of 2009. It won the GoodReads Choice Award for best nonfiction book of
2009.
Details here.
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