ALA Unveils Finalists for 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medals

Posted on April 26, 2013

The American Library Association (ALA) has announced the finalists for the 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. The winners will be announced at the ALA's annual conference in Chicago on June 30. Each winning author will receive a $5,000 and the finalists will receive $1,500. The awards were established in 2012 and award books published in the U.S. in the previous year.

Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction finalists:

• The Mansion of Happiness: A History of Life and Death by Jill Lepore
• Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis/I> by Timothy Egan
• Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic/I> by David Quammen