This week the National Book Foundation announced this year’s National Book Award Finalists.
The Young People’s Literature judges nominated the following:
- Laurie Halse Anderson for Chains
- Kathi Appelt for The Underneath
- Judy Blundell for What I Saw and How I Lied
- E. Lockhart for The Disreputable History of Frankie
- Tim Tharp for The Spectacular Now
This year’s judges for the Young People’s Literature category are Daniel Handler (chair), Holly Black, Angela Johnson, Carolyn Mackler, and Cynthia Voigt.
Teresa Walls Post author
And, the judges selected Judy Blundell for What I Saw and How I Lied. The National Book Foundation posted an interview with her: http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2008_ypl_blundell_interv.html