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

2010 Winners

First place, Fiction
THE DISAPPEARED by Kim Echlin (Grove/Atlantic, Inc.)

Second Place, Fiction
MODEL HOME by Eric Puchner (Scribner)

Third Place, Fiction
GALVESTON by Nic Pizzolatto (Scribner)

First Place, Nonfiction
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN EXECUTION by David R. Dow (Grand Central Publishing)

Second Place, Nonfiction
THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS by Rebecca Skloot (Crown)

Third Place, Nonfiction
THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Scribner)