1996 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winners
Presented at the Los Angeles Times
BIOGRAPHY
Angela's Ashes: A Memoir by Frank McCourt (Scribner)
CURRENT INTEREST
Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War by Peter Maass (Alfred A. Knopf)
FICTION
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (Alfred A. Knopf)
HISTORY
Black Sea by Neal Ascherson (Hill & Wang)
MYSTERY/THRILLER
[Award added in 2000]
POETRY
Mixed Company by Alan Shapiro (The University of Chicago Press)
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by
Carl Sagan (Random House)
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
[Award added in 1998]
THE ART SEIDENBAUM AWARD FOR FIRST FICTION
The Smell of Apples by Mark Behr (St. Martin's)
THE ROBERT KIRSCH AWARD
Gary Snyder