A celebration of reader’s choices! Voting started beginning August 15, 2005. The winners are listed at the bottom of this post. There is also a discussion about the Quills award on video if you want to know more.
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The winners of the 2005 Quill Book Awards are:
Book of the Year – presented by Brian Williams
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré (Illustrator)
Arthur Levine/Scholastic
Debut Author of the Year – presented by Kim Cattrall
The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova
Little Brown & Company
Audio Book – presented by Tony Roberts
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America: A Citizen’s Guide to Democracy Inaction
Jon Stewart and the Writers of the Daily Show
Time Warner AudioBooks
Children’s Illustrated Book – presented by Elmo
Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook
Shel Silverstein
HarperCollins Children’s Books
Children’s Chapter Book/Middle Grade – presented by Jules Feiffer
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré (Illustrator)
Arthur Levine/Scholastic
Young Adult/Teen – presented by Anthony Rapp
Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood
Ann Brashares
Delacorte Press
General Fiction – presented by Erica Jong
The Mermaid Chair
Sue Monk Kidd
Viking Press
Graphic Novel – presented by Jonathan Lethem
Marvel 1602 Volume I
Neil Gaiman, Andy Kubert, and Richard Isanove
Marvel Comics
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller – presented by Stephen J. Cannell and Annie Parisse
Eleven on Top
Janet Evanovich
St. Martin’s Press
Poetry – presented by Robert Klein
Let America Be America Again: And Other Poems
Langston Hughes
Vintage Books
Romance – presented by Candace Bushnell
44 Cranberry Point
Debbie Macomber
Mira Books
Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror – presented by Tamara Tunie
The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror
Christopher Moore
William Morrow & Company
Religion/Spirituality – presented by Matthew Modine
Peace is the Way: Bringing War and Violence to an End
Deepak Chopra
Harmony
Biography/Memoir – presented by Nick Hornby
Chronicles: Volume One
Bob Dylan
Simon & Schuster
Business – presented by Maria Bartiromo
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
William Morrow & Company
Cooking – presented by Rocco DeSpirito
Rachel Ray’s 30-Minute Get Real Meals: Eat Healthy Without Going to Extremes
Rachael Ray
Clarkson Potter
Health/Self Improvement – presented by Dr. Joyce Brothers
He’s Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo
Simon Spotlight Entertainment
History/Current Events/Politics – presented by Tony LoBianco
1776
David McCullough
Simon & Schuster
Humor – presented by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America: A Citizen’s Guide to Democracy Inaction
Jon Stewart and the Writers of the Daily Show
Warner Books
Sports – presented by Len Berman
Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season
Stewart O’Nan and Stephen King
Scribner
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Here are some of the authors nominated in the fiction categories:
Romance
44 Cranberry Point (Winner 2005)
Debbie Macomber
0778320731
Mira Books
Blue Dahlia
Nora Roberts
051513855X
Jove
Northern Lights
Nora Roberts
0399152059
Berkley
The Rocky Road to Romance
Janet Evanovich
0060598891
HarperTorch
Undead and Unemployed
MaryJanice Davidson
0425197484
Berkley
Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
Stephen King, Michael Whelan (Illustrator)
1880418622
Scribner/Grant
Going Postal
Terry Pratchett
0060013133
HarperCollins
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel
Susanna Clarke
Bloomsbury
1582344167
Shadow of the Giant
Orson Scott Card
0312857586
Tor Books
The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror (Winner 2005)
Christopher Moore
0060590254
William Morrow & Co.
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
The Closers
Michael Connelly
0316734942
Little Brown and Co.
Eleven on Top (Winner 2005)
Janet Evanovich
0312306261
St. Martin’s Press
The Historian (Winner 2005)
Elizabeth Kostova
Little Brown and Co.
0316011770
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
Alexander McCall Smith
0375422714
Pantheon
With No One as Witness
Elizabeth George
0060545607
HarperCollins
General Fiction
A Long Way Down
Nick Hornby
1573223026
Riverhead Book
Gilead
Marilynne Robinson
0374153892
Farrar Straus & Giroux
The Mermaid Chair (Winner 2005)
Sue Monk Kidd
0670033944
Viking
The Plot Against America
Philip Roth
0618509283
Houghton Mifflin Company
Zorro
Isabel Allende, Margaret Sayers Peden (Translator)
0060778970
HarperCollins
Graphic Novel
American Splendor: Our Movie Year
Harvey Pekar
0345479378
Ballantine
Bone: One Volume Edition
Jeff Smith
188896314X
Cartoon Books
In the Shadow of No Towers
Art Spiegelman
0375423079
Pantheon Books
Marvel 1602 Volume 1 (Winner 2005)
Neil Gaiman, Andy Kubert, Richard Isanove
0785110704
Marvel Comics
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
Marjane Satrapi
0375422889
Pantheon Books
Children’s Chapter Book/Middle Grade
Dragon Rider
Cornelia Funke, Anthea Bell (translator)
0439456959
Chicken House/Scholastic Books
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Winner 2005)
J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré (Illustrator)
0439784549
Scholastic/Levine
Ida B…and Her Plans to Maximize Fun
Katherine Hannigan
0060730242
Greenwillow Books
Peter and the Starcatchers
Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
0786854456
Disney Press
A Series of Unfortunate Events Book the Eleventh: The Grim Grotto
Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illustrator)
0064410145
HarperCollins Children’s Books
