Cardinal's Shadid Nominated for Book Award
NEW YORK -- Nominees for the 26th annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were announced Thursday, and the newspaper's Robert Kirsch Award went to Joan Didion. The nominees in nine categories were announced at the National Arts Club in Manhattan. The winners will be named April 28 in a ceremony at UCLA.
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In current interest, the nominees are "Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse" by Steve Bogira (Knopf), "Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story" by Kurt Eichenwald (Broadway Books), "The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece" by Jonathan Harr (Random House),"Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War" by Anthony Shadid (Henry Holt) and "Still Looking: Essays on American Art" by John Updike (Knopf).