Established in 1990, the Discover Award honors forthcoming new work by debuting and underappreciated authors, and is based solely on literary merit.

For more information about the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Awards, visit http://www.audiopub.org

2009 Winners

First place, Fiction
MATHILDA SAVITCH by Victor Lodato (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

Second Place, Fiction
MORE OF THIS WORLD OR MAYBE ANOTHER by Barbara Johnson (HarperPerennial)

Third Place, Fiction
ALL THE LIVING by C. E. Morgan (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

First Place, Nonfiction
COLUMBINE by Dave Cullen (Twelve)

Second Place, Nonfiction
THE FOURTH PART OF THE WORLD by Toby Lester (Free Press)

Third Place, Nonfiction
IN THE SANCTUARY OF OUTCASTS by Neil White (William Morrow)