Discover Great New Writers Awards

Barnes & Noble, Inc. introduced the Discover Great New Writers Award in 1993 to celebrate the work of first-time American novelists featured in the Discover program each year. In 2001, Barnes & Noble added a nonfiction category to the awards.

Discover Great New Writers Awards

Award Winners by Year

2002

Fiction The Shell Collector by Anthony Doerr

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Nonfiction A Death in Texas by Dina Temple-Raston

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2001

Fiction The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri

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Nonfiction Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides

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2000 Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier

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1999 The Pleasing Hour by Lily King

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1998 Rose's Garden by Carrie Brown

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1997 The Light of Falling Stars by J. Robert Lennon

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1996 The Giant's House by Elizabeth McCracken

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1995 Native Speaker by Chang-rae Lee

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1994 Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson

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1993 A Place Where the Sea Remembers by Sandra Benitez

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