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The writer won the fiction award for Charming Billy,
a novel about an Irish-American family.
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Stern was recognized for This Time: New and Selected
Poems, his 11th collection of poetry.
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In Slaves in the Family, Ball examines the lives
of his Charleston ancestors and the slaves they owned.
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Sachar's dark comedy, Holes, was awarded the
young people's literature award.
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