Board Members
Mary Ann Gwinn
NBCC VP/Secretary
Online Committee
Books Columnist, Seattle Times
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Seattle, WA 98136
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Mary Ann Gwinn is a regular contributor to the Seattle Times’ Weekly Lit Life Column and reviews for Booklist, Newsday and other publications. She won the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for coverage of the Exxon Valdez disaster and was one of three jurors for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in fiction. She’s on Twitter at @gwinnma. Her term on the NBCC board ends in 2020.
From the Critical Mass blog
Announcing the Finalists for the John Leonard Award for Best First Book
Big news: the NBCC membership has spoken, and the 2018 John Leonard Prize finalists have been chosen.
Here’s this year’s superb list:
FRIDAY BLACK
Critical Notes: Tom Barbash, Idra Novey, & Anna Burns
Deadlines: Today is the deadline for NBCC members to submit their self nominations for the Balakian Award for Excellence in Reviewing, which comes
#NBCCLeonard: Jennie Hann on Karen Hildebrand’s “Crossing Pleasure Avenue”
The John Leonard Prize, our annual award based on member nominations and chosen by a panel of member volunteers, is awarded for the best first book in
#NBCCLeonard: Jane Ciabattari on Ingrid Rojas Contreras’ “Fruit of the Drunken Tree”
The John Leonard Prize, our annual award based on member nominations and chosen by a panel of member volunteers, is awarded for the best first book in