The L. A. Times Book Prize Winners for 2013

Biography
Robert Caro for The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson

Current Interest
Katherine Boo in Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death & Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

Fiction
Ben Fountain for Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk

Graphic Novel
Sammy Harkham for Everything Together: Collected Stories

History
Fergus M. Bordewich for America’s Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas & the Compromise that Preserved the Union

Mystery/Thriller
Tana French for Broken Harbor

Poetry
Louise Gluck for Poems 1962-2012

Science & Technology
Florence Williams for Breasts: A Natural & Unnatural History

The Art Seidenbaum Award for 1st Fiction
Maggie Shipstead for Seating Arrangements

YA
A. S. King for Ask The Passengers

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