World Literary Awards

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Edition 7 (1994)

Best Contemporary NovelBest Historical NovelBest First NovelBest Short StoryBest Non-FictionBest Children's/Young Adult Mystery

Winners

4 people
Jeff Abbott じぇふ・あぼっと Winner

Set in a small Texas town, the first Jordan Poteet mystery sends a librarian into a censorship fight that turns into a murder case.

The town's atmosphere shakes a quiet daily life into something far more dangerous.

256 pages
mysterycensorshipsmall-town lifelibrariesseries fiction
Sharyn McCrumb しゃりん・まくらむ Winner

A ballad novel that weaves Appalachian history and legend into a story where the past and a present-day journey overlap among the hills.

The mountain's memory lights the way through the present.

448 pages
Appalachiahistorylegendghostsballad novel
Dorothy Cannell どろしー・きゃねる Winner

A cozy short mystery that uses humor and small social frictions to bring the puzzle gradually into focus.

A light premise with a properly constructed mystery underneath.

short storycozy mysteryhumorpuzzle
Jean Swanson じーん・すわんそん/でぃーん・じぇーむず Winner

A young readers' biography of Madam C. J. Walker that presents her rise as an entrepreneur and the broader social significance of her life.

One woman's rise changes both business and history.

110 pages
biographyBlack historywomen's historyentrepreneurship