Los Angeles Times 2001 Book Prize Finalists Announced
The 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalists were announced on Friday, March 2. Established in 1980, the Timess annual Book Prize rewards excellence in English-language writing in nine different categories, ranging from biography to fiction to history to poetry. And, notably, several Book Sense 76 picks are among in the list of 45 finalists (including three of the five titles in the first fiction category).