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2022 Washington State Book Award Winners Announced

September 13, 2022. Washington State Book Awards Winners Announced!

Winners were announced September 13, 2022. Eight awards honor books published by Washington authors in 2021.

We are so happy for all of the 2022 Washington State Book Award finalists, many of whom are friends and supporters of Edmonds Bookshop! Congratulations!!!

There is a great list in The Seattle Times, with some links to reviews and articles about the books and authors, here.
All the official award information here.

And a lovely article in The Seattle Times here.

Huge congratulations to all of the winners!

Books: 
On Fragile Waves Cover Image

On Fragile Waves (Paperback)

By E. Lily Yu
$16.95
ISBN: 9781645660323
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Published: Erewhon Books - February 1st, 2022

2022 Washington State Book Award winner: Adult Category: Fiction

Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism Cover Image

Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism (Hardcover)

By Elsa Sjunneson
$24.99
ISBN: 9781982152376
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Published: S&S/Simon Element - October 26th, 2021

2022 Washington State Book Award winner: Adult Category: Biography/Memoir

Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism Cover Image

Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism (Paperback)

By Elsa Sjunneson
$17.99
ISBN: 9781982152406
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Published: S&S/Simon Element - November 1st, 2022

2022 Washington State Book Award winner: Adult Category: Biography/Memoir

The Book of Difficult Fruit: Arguments for the Tart, Tender, and Unruly (with recipes) Cover Image

The Book of Difficult Fruit: Arguments for the Tart, Tender, and Unruly (with recipes) (Paperback)

By Kate Lebo
$18.00
ISBN: 9781250829474
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Published: Picador - April 12th, 2022

2022 Washington State Book Award winner: Adult Category: Creative Nonfiction

Orca: Shared Waters, Shared Home Cover Image

Orca: Shared Waters, Shared Home (Hardcover)

By Lynda Mapes (Contribution by)
$34.95
ISBN: 9781680513264
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Published: Mountaineers Books - May 18th, 2021

2022 Washington State Book Award winner: Adult Category: General Nonfiction

More American Cover Image

More American (Paperback)

By Sharon Hashimoto
$16.00
ISBN: 9781946830104
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Published: Grid Books / Off the Grid Press - July 6th, 2021

2022 Washington State Book Award winner: Adult Category: Poetry

Little Thieves Cover Image

Little Thieves (Hardcover)

By Margaret Owen
$20.99
ISBN: 9781250191908
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Published: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) - October 19th, 2021

2022 Washington State Book Award winner: Books for Youth Category: Books for Young Adult Readers

Mighty Inside Cover Image

Mighty Inside (Hardcover)

By Sundee Frazier
$17.99
ISBN: 9781646140916
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Published: Levine Querido - October 12th, 2021

2022 Washington State Book Award winner: Books for Youth Category: Books for Young Readers

Rock by Rock: The Fantastical Garden of Nek Chand Cover Image

Rock by Rock: The Fantastical Garden of Nek Chand (Hardcover)

By Jennifer Bradbury, Sam Boughton (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781481481823
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Published: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - February 23rd, 2021

2022 Washington State Book Award winner: Books for Youth Category: Picture Books

Crossing the River: Seven Stories That Saved My Life, A Memoir Cover Image

Crossing the River: Seven Stories That Saved My Life, A Memoir (Paperback)

By Carol Smith
$16.00
ISBN: 9781419750144
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Published: Abrams Press - May 31st, 2022

Adult Category: Biography/Memoir

Heart Radical: A Search for Language, Love, and Belonging Cover Image

Heart Radical: A Search for Language, Love, and Belonging (Paperback)

By Anne Liu Kellor
$16.95
ISBN: 9781647421731
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Published: She Writes Press - September 7th, 2021

Adult Category: Biography/Memoir

The Other Mothers: Two Women's Journey to Find the Family That Was Always Theirs Cover Image

The Other Mothers: Two Women's Journey to Find the Family That Was Always Theirs (Paperback)

By Jennifer Berney
$16.99
ISBN: 9781728222837
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Published: Sourcebooks - February 2nd, 2021

Adult Category: Biography/Memoir

Readying to Rise: Essays Cover Image

Readying to Rise: Essays (Paperback)

By Marcus Harrison Green, Sonya Green Ayears (Introduction by)
$15.99
ISBN: 9781609441432
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Published: Vertvolta Press - September 21st, 2021

Adult Category: Creative Nonfiction

Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit Cover Image

Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit (Hardcover)

By Lyanda Lynn Haupt
$28.00
ISBN: 9780316426480
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Published: Little, Brown Spark - May 4th, 2021

Adult Category: Creative Nonfiction

We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration Cover Image

We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration (Paperback)

By Frank Abe, Tamiko Nimura, Ross Ishikawa (Illustrator)
$19.95
ISBN: 9781634059763
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Published: Chin Music - May 18th, 2021

Adult Category: Creative Nonfiction

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White Magic Cover Image

White Magic (Paperback)

By Elissa Washuta
$17.95
ISBN: 9781953534019
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Published: Tin House Books - March 15th, 2022

Adult Category: Creative Nonfiction

The Ex Talk Cover Image

The Ex Talk (Paperback)

By Rachel Lynn Solomon
$16.00
ISBN: 9780593200124
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Published: Berkley - January 26th, 2021

Adult Category: Fiction

Legends of the North Cascades Cover Image

Legends of the North Cascades (Paperback)

By Jonathan Evison
$16.95
ISBN: 9781643752488
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Published: Algonquin Books - January 11th, 2022

Adult Category: Fiction

One Two Three: A Novel Cover Image

One Two Three: A Novel (Paperback)

By Laurie Frankel
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250236791
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Published: Holt Paperbacks - June 7th, 2022

Adult Category: Fiction

What Comes After: A Novel Cover Image

What Comes After: A Novel (Paperback)

By JoAnne Tompkins
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593086001
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Published: Riverhead Books - April 5th, 2022

Adult Category: Fiction

Coming Home to Nez Perce Country: The Niimíipuu Campaign to Repatriate Their Exploited Heritage Cover Image

Coming Home to Nez Perce Country: The Niimíipuu Campaign to Repatriate Their Exploited Heritage (Paperback)

By Trevor James Bond
$24.95
ISBN: 9780874224054
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Published: Washington State University Press - May 15th, 2021

Adult Category: General Nonfiction

Facing the Mountain: An Inspiring Story of Japanese American Patriots in World War II Cover Image

Facing the Mountain: An Inspiring Story of Japanese American Patriots in World War II (Paperback)

By Daniel James Brown
$18.00
ISBN: 9780525557425
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Published: Penguin Books - May 10th, 2022

Adult Category: General Nonfiction

Fear No Man: Don James, the '91 Huskies, and the Seven-Year Quest for a National Football Championship Cover Image

Fear No Man: Don James, the '91 Huskies, and the Seven-Year Quest for a National Football Championship (Paperback)

By Mike Gastineau, Nick Saban (Foreword by)
$19.95
ISBN: 9780295751214
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Published: University of Washington Press - August 9th, 2022

Adult Category: General Nonfiction

Murder at the Mission: A Frontier Killing, Its Legacy of Lies, and the Taking of the American West Cover Image

Murder at the Mission: A Frontier Killing, Its Legacy of Lies, and the Taking of the American West (Paperback)

By Blaine Harden
$18.00
ISBN: 9780525561682
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Published: Penguin Books - April 26th, 2022

Adult Category: General Nonfiction

Skid Road: On the Frontier of Health and Homelessness in an American City Cover Image

Skid Road: On the Frontier of Health and Homelessness in an American City (Hardcover)

By Josephine Ensign
$27.95
ISBN: 9781421440132
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Published: Johns Hopkins University Press - August 3rd, 2021

Adult Category: General Nonfiction

Broken by Water: Salish Sea Years Cover Image

Broken by Water: Salish Sea Years (Paperback)

By Gary Thompson
$19.00
ISBN: 9781625493842
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Published: Turning Point - August 21st, 2021

Adult Category: Poetry

Dialogues with Rising Tides Cover Image

Dialogues with Rising Tides (Paperback)

By Kelli Russell Agodon
$16.00
ISBN: 9781556596155
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Published: Copper Canyon Press - April 27th, 2021

Adult Category: Poetry

Self-Portrait with Cephalopod Cover Image

Self-Portrait with Cephalopod (Paperback)

By Kathryn Smith
$16.00
ISBN: 9781571315175
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Published: Milkweed Editions - February 9th, 2021

Adult Category: Poetry

Stray Birds Cover Image

Stray Birds (Paperback)

By Andrew Robin
$16.00
ISBN: 9780982783863
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Published: Kelson Books - December 15th, 2021

Adult Category: Poetry

1, 2, 3 Salish Sea: A Pacific Northwest Counting Book Cover Image

1, 2, 3 Salish Sea: A Pacific Northwest Counting Book (Hardcover)

By Nikki McClure
$16.99
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ISBN: 9781632173362
Published: Little Bigfoot - February 9th, 2021

Books for Youth Category: Picture Books

The Barking Ballad: A Bark-Along Meow-Along Book Cover Image

The Barking Ballad: A Bark-Along Meow-Along Book (Hardcover)

By Julie Paschkis, Julie Paschkis (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781534492608
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Published: Atheneum Books for Young Readers - October 5th, 2021

Books for Youth Category: Picture Books

Something Good Cover Image

Something Good (Hardcover)

By Marcy Campbell, Corinna Luyken (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780759557420
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - October 19th, 2021

Books for Youth Category: Picture Books

Almost Flying Cover Image

Almost Flying (Hardcover)

By Jake Maia Arlow
$17.99
ISBN: 9780593112939
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Published: Dial Books - June 8th, 2021

Books for Youth Category: Books for Young Readers

Happily for Now Cover Image

Happily for Now (Hardcover)

By Kelly Jones, Kelly Murphy (Illustrator)
$16.99
ISBN: 9780593179529
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Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers - May 4th, 2021

Books for Youth Category: Books for Young Readers

The Last Cuentista Cover Image

The Last Cuentista (Hardcover)

By Donna Barba Higuera
$18.99
ISBN: 9781646140893
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Published: Levine Querido - October 12th, 2021

Books for Youth Category: Books for Young Readers

Orca Rescue!: The True Story of an Orphaned Orca Named Springer Cover Image

Orca Rescue!: The True Story of an Orphaned Orca Named Springer (Hardcover)

By Donna Sandstrom, Sig Burwash (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781525301179
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Published: Kids Can Press - October 5th, 2021

Books for Youth Category: Books for Young Readers

Calculated Cover Image

Calculated (Paperback)

By Nova McBee
$22.99
ISBN: 9781953944504
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Published: Wise Wolf Books - February 11th, 2021

Books for Youth Category: Books for Young Adult Readers

A Complicated Love Story Set in Space Cover Image

A Complicated Love Story Set in Space (Paperback)

By Shaun David Hutchinson
$12.99
ISBN: 9781534448544
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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - February 15th, 2022

Books for Youth Category: Books for Young Adult Readers

Remedy Cover Image

Remedy (Hardcover)

By Eireann Corrigan
$18.99
ISBN: 9781338630961
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Published: Scholastic Press - April 6th, 2021

Books for Youth Category: Books for Young Adult Readers

We Are the Ashes, We Are the Fire Cover Image

We Are the Ashes, We Are the Fire (Paperback)

By Joy McCullough
$11.99
ISBN: 9780525556060
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Published: Dutton Books for Young Readers - February 8th, 2022

Books for Youth Category: Books for Young Adult Readers