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Congratulations to the 40 authors and books selected for the 2022 Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Awards shortlists. These books were selected as the best books written by Indiana authors over the past two years. Add them to your reading list today!
2022 Shortlists
Nonfiction
Craig Fehrman
Nonfiction
Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote
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Nonfiction
Richard Tregaskis: Reporting Under Fire from Gualdalcanal to Vietnam
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Nonfiction
Blood and Steel: Ryan White, the AIDS Crisis and Deindustrialization in Kokomo, Indiana
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Nonfiction
We Will Rise: A True Story of Tragedy and Resurrection in the American Heartland
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Debut
Christopher Elliott
Debut
Before the Dream: Martin Luther King’s 1963 Speech, and Civil Rights Struggles in Fort Wayne, Indiana
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Debut
Madam C. J. Walker’s Gospel of Giving: Black Women’s Philanthropy During Jim Crow
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Joseph Lee
Genre
Forgiveness: The Story of Eva Kor, Survivor of The Auschwitz Twin Experiments
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Young Adult
Tamara Winfrey Harris
Young Adult
Dear Black Girl: Letters From Your Sisters on Stepping Into Your Power
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Children’s
Kekla Magoon
Children’s
The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy
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