Quill Award
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (2007) Winner
Michael Weinreb
マイケル・ワインレブ
Maikaru Wainrebu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- author, journalist
- Active Years
- 2007-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Quill Award | The Kings of New York: A Year Among the Geeks, Oddballs and Geniuses Who Make Up America's Top High-School Chess Team | best sports book | Reed Business Information | winner |
Quill Award
2007
Work:
The Kings of New York: A Year Among the Geeks, Oddballs and Geniuses Who Make Up America's Top High-School Chess Team
Category:
best sports book
Organization:
Reed Business Information
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Kings of New York: A Year Among the Geeks, Oddballs and Geniuses Who Make Up America's Top High-School Chess Team
2007 Non-fiction 289 pagesA 2007 book written by Michael Weinreb, that follows the day-to-day activities of the Edward R. Murrow High School chess team. The team, which included International Masters Alex Lenderman (now a Grandmaster) and Salvijus Bercys, was observed for a year starting in September 2005.
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Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- vigorously reporteddeeply empathic
Legacy
The book won the 2007 Quill Award as best sports book and was named one of the best nonfiction books of the year by Amazon.com, The Christian Science Monitor, and Publishers Weekly. The New York Times called it 'thrilling, vigorously reported' and 'deeply empathic.'
Trivia
- The Edward R. Murrow Chess Team was established during the 1984-1985 school year.