{"id":694,"date":"2022-09-13T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingthenorthwest.com\/?p=694"},"modified":"2024-06-25T08:30:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T15:30:53","slug":"more-than-a-dozen-books-about-the-pacific-northwest-are-finalists-for-todays-washington-state-book-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingthenorthwest.com\/?p=694","title":{"rendered":"More Than a Dozen Books About the Pacific Northwest Are Finalists for Today&#8217;s Washington State Book Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When the winners of the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtoncenterforthebook.org\/wsba2022finalists\/\">2022 Washington State Book Awards<\/a><\/strong> are announced today,  books set in or focused on the Pacific Northwest are sure to be among the winners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The awards\u2013given out by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtoncenterforthebook.org\/\">Washington Center for the Book<\/a> (an affiliate of the Library of Congress Center for the Book, administered by the Washington State Library)\u2013are intended only to honor &#8220;outstanding books published by Washington authors in 2021,&#8221; whatever their subject matter. But, of course, many Washington authors choose to write about this fascinating and beautiful part of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtoncenterforthebook.org\/wsba2022finalists\/\">This year&#8217;s list of finalists<\/a> includes <strong>more than a dozen books that touch in some way on the Northwest<\/strong>. (My count is based on what I could determine by reading each book&#8217;s description, so there may be more.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"883\" src=\"https:\/\/writingthenorthwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/nikki-1-2-3-salish-sea-ADDITIONAL-60134ca3a48df-1500-1-1024x883.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-699\" style=\"width:565px;height:487px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingthenorthwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/nikki-1-2-3-salish-sea-ADDITIONAL-60134ca3a48df-1500-1-1024x883.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/writingthenorthwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/nikki-1-2-3-salish-sea-ADDITIONAL-60134ca3a48df-1500-1-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writingthenorthwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/nikki-1-2-3-salish-sea-ADDITIONAL-60134ca3a48df-1500-1-768x662.jpg 768w, https:\/\/writingthenorthwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/nikki-1-2-3-salish-sea-ADDITIONAL-60134ca3a48df-1500-1-1320x1138.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/writingthenorthwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/nikki-1-2-3-salish-sea-ADDITIONAL-60134ca3a48df-1500-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While the awards are &#8220;based on the strength of the publication\u2019s literary merit, lasting importance and overall quality,&#8221; the judges all come from Washington, so having your book set in the Northwest can&#8217;t hurt, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a list of the Northwest-related finalists, some of which I&#8217;ll be reviewing on the WNW site in the coming weeks (just click on the title for a description):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2022 WSBA FINALISTS<\/strong>\u2013<strong>BOOKS FOR ADULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Biography\/Memoir<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snarkbat.com\/being-seen\">\u201cBeing Seen: One Deafblind Woman\u2019s Fight to End Ableism\u201d<\/a> by Elsa Sjunneson, of Seattle (S&amp;S\/Simon Element)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abramsbooks.com\/product\/crossing-the-river_9781419750137\/\">\u201cCrossing the River: Seven Stories That Saved My Life\u201d<\/a> by Carol Smith, of Seattle (Harry N. Abrams)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jenniferberney.com\/\">\u201cThe Other Mothers: Two Women\u2019s Journey to Find the Family That Was Always Theirs\u201d<\/a> by Jennifer Berney, of Olympia (Sourcebooks)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Creative Nonfiction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/writingthenorthwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/WHR-final-cover-art-scaled-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingthenorthwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/WHR-final-cover-art-scaled-1.webp 768w, https:\/\/writingthenorthwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/WHR-final-cover-art-scaled-1-300x161.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/resisters.com\/we-hereby-refuse\/\">\u201cWe Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration\u201d<\/a> written by Frank Abe of Seattle and Tamiko Nimura of Tacoma; artwork by Ross Ishikawa of Seattle and Matt Sasaki of Edmonds (Chin Music Press)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tinhouse.com\/book\/white-magic\">\u201cWhite Magic: Essays\u201d<\/a> by Elissa Washuta, enrolled member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe\u00a0(Tin House Books)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rachelsolomonbooks.com\/the-ex-talk\">\u201cThe Ex Talk\u201d<\/a> by Rachel Lynn Solomon, of Seattle (Berkley)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.workman.com\/products\/legends-of-the-north-cascades\/hardback\">\u201cLegends of the North Cascades\u201d<\/a> by Jonathan Evison, of Bainbridge Island (Algonquin Books)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joannetompkins.com\/what-comes-after\">\u201cWhat Comes After\u201d<\/a> by JoAnne Tompkins, of Port Townsend (Riverhead Books)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>General Nonfiction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wsupress.wsu.edu\/product\/coming-home-to-nez-perce-country\/\">\u201cComing Home to Nez Perce Country: The Niim\u0315ipuu Campaign to Repatriate Their Exploited Heritage\u201d<\/a> by Trevor James Bond, of Pullman (Washington State University Press)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.danieljamesbrown.com\/facing-the-mountain-3\/\">\u201cFacing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II\u201d<\/a> by Daniel James Brown, of Redmond (Viking)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gasman206.com\/writing\/books\/fear-no-man\/\">\u201cFear No Man: Don James, the \u201991 Huskies, and the Seven-year Quest for A National Football Championship\u201d<\/a> by Mike Gastineau, of Whidbey Island (University of Washington Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"830\" src=\"https:\/\/writingthenorthwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Murder_JKF_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-697\" style=\"width:380px;height:573px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingthenorthwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Murder_JKF_3.jpg 550w, https:\/\/writingthenorthwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Murder_JKF_3-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blaineharden.com\/1284-2\/\">\u201cMurder at the Mission: A Frontier Killing, Its Legacy of Lies, and the Taking of the American West\u201d<\/a> by Blaine Harden, of Seattle (Penguin Books)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.braidedriver.org\/orca\">\u201cOrca: Shared Waters, Shared Home\u201d<\/a> written by Lynda Mapes, of Seattle (Braided River and The Seattle Times)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/josephineensign.com\/skid-road\/\">Skid Road: on the Frontier of Health and Homelessness in an American City\u201d<\/a> by Josephine Ensign, of Seattle\u00a0(Johns Hopkins University Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Poetry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/writingthenorthwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9780982783863-686x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-707\" style=\"width:384px;height:573px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingthenorthwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9780982783863-686x1024.jpg 686w, https:\/\/writingthenorthwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9780982783863-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/writingthenorthwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9780982783863-768x1147.jpg 768w, https:\/\/writingthenorthwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9780982783863-1029x1536.jpg 1029w, https:\/\/writingthenorthwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9780982783863.jpg 1144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/garythompsonpoetry.com\/books\/\">\u201cBroken by Water: Salish Sea Years\u201d<\/a> by Gary Thompson, of Friday Harbor, San Juan County (Turning Point)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/andrew-robin.com\/books\/\">\u201cStray Birds\u201d<\/a> by Andrew Robin, of Lopez Island, San Juan County (Kelson Books)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2022 WSBA FINALISTS\u2013BOOKS FOR YOUTH <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Picture Books<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nikkimcclure.com\/1-2-3-salish-sea\/\">\u201c1, 2, 3 Salish Sea: A Pacific Northwest Counting Book\u201d<\/a> written and illustrated by Nikki McClure, of Olympia (Little Bigfoot)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Books for Young Readers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"287\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/writingthenorthwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9781646140916.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-701\" style=\"width:393px;height:548px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writingthenorthwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9781646140916.jpg 287w, https:\/\/writingthenorthwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9781646140916-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sundeefrazier.com\/mighty-inside\">\u201cMighty Inside\u201d<\/a> by Sundee Frazier, of Renton (Levine Querido)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donnasandstrom.com\/\">\u201cOrca Rescue: The True Story of an Orphaned Orca Named Springer\u201d<\/a> written by Donna Sandstrom, of Seattle; illustrated by Sarah Burwash (Kids Can Press)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For a full list of this year&#8217;s finalists and more about this year&#8217;s awards, including judges, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtoncenterforthebook.org\/wsba2022finalists\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sept. 14 Postscript: Here&#8217;s the list of the winners, along with links for ordering them: <a href=\"https:\/\/edmondsbookshop.indielite.org\/2022-washington-state-book-award-winners-announced\">Edmonds Bookshop<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to all of these fine writers, both finalists and award winners!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the winners of the 2022 Washington State Book Awards are announced today, books set in or focused on the Pacific Northwest are sure to be among the winners. 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