Lily Tuck Wins the National Book Award for Fiction (2004-11-20): Lily Tuck has won the National Book Award for Fiction for her book, The News From Paraguay, the fictionalized tale of Paraguayan leader Francisco Solano Lopez and his Irish mistress, Ella Lynch.
Judy Blume Wins National Book Award (2004-09-15): Bestselling children's author Judy Blume has been named this year's winner of an honorary National Book Award for contributions to American letters.
Ebooks Now Eligible for National Book Awards (2001-06-01): Neil Baldwin, Executive Director of the
National Book
Foundation, announced at BookExpo America, that ebooks
will now be considered for the annual National Book Awards.