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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Posted on behalf of the Ohioana Library. Please excuse multiple postings.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Ohioana Announces 2012 Ohioana Book Award Finalists<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Columbus, OH – May 18, 2012 —The <a href="http://www.ohioana.org/">Ohioana Library</a> has announced the 28 finalists for the 2012 Ohioana Book Awards. The Ohioana Awards were first given in 1942, with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Reston">James B. “Scotty” Reston</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Havighurst">Walter Havighurst</a>, and <a href="http://www.cpl.org/ocb/OhioAuthors/KiplingerWMWillardMonroe.aspx">Willard M. Kiplinger</a> as the first recipients. During the past seventy-one years, more than 400 books have been recognized with an Ohioana Book Award. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>“This was an outstanding year for books by Ohio writers and books about Ohio and Ohioans.” said Linda Hengst, executive director of the Ohioana Library. “We receive 600-800 traditionally published books each year, which become eligible for the book awards, so the authors of the books selected as finalists this year should feel truly honored.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>The book awards are given in five categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, juvenile literature, and about Ohio/Ohioans. Ohioana will announce the winners in each category near the end of August, and recipients will be honored at the annual Ohioana Awards Ceremony in mid-October. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>2012 Ohioana Book Award finalists<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>* not Ohioans – note, books about Ohio or Ohioans need not be authored by an Ohioan. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Fiction<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Breaking Silence</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> by <b><a href="http://www.lindacastillo.com/about_linda.html">Linda Castillo</a> - </b>Minotaur Books <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/book/209887/ready-player-one-by-ernest-cline/">Ready Player One</a></span></i></b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>by <b><a href="http://www.ernestcline.com/blog/about/">Ernest Cline</a> - </b>Crown Publishing Group <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/features/paula_mclain/author/">The Paris Wife</a></span></i></b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>by <b><a href="http://www.bookreporter.com/authors/paula-mclain">Paula McLain</a> -</b> Ballantine Books<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://donaldraypollock.com/books">The Devil All the Time</a></span></i></b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> by </span></i><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://donaldraypollock.com/bio-4">Donald Ray Pollock</a></span></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> – Doubleday<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.marydoriarussell.net/books/doc/">Doc: A Novel</a></span></i></b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>by<i> </i><b><a href="http://www.marydoriarussell.net/about/">Mary Doria Russell</a> </b>- Random House<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006CDDGOQ/ref=rdr_ext_tmb">Ziggy</a> </span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>by<b><i> </i><a href="http://archive.suite101.com/article.cfm/cartoonists/80386">Tom<i> </i>Wilson (II)</a> - </b>Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Non-Fiction <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/history-of-a-suicide-jill-bialosky/1100367223">History of a Suicide: My Sister's Unfinished Life</a></span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> by <b><a href="http://www.jillbialosky.com/">Jill Bialosky</a></b> - Atria Books<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/nyregion/books-about-immigration-and-the-best-urban-sanctuaries-in-new-york.html">Toward a Better Life:</a> America's New Immigrants in Their Own Words--from Ellis Island to the Present</span></i></b><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>by <b><a href="http://www.ohioana-authors.org/coan/highlights.php">Peter Morton<span style='font-weight:normal'> </span>Coan</a> </b>- Prometheus Books<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/Dance-Anatomy">Dance Anatomy</a></span></i></b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>by<i> </i><b><a href="http://www.humankinetics.com/hksearch?parentCode=0&letter=Jacqui%20Haas">Jacqui Greene Haas</a></b> - Human Kinetics <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="../../../Local%20Settings/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/OLK1E/The%20Quest%20for%20the%20Perfect%20Hive">The Quest for the Perfect Hive</a>: A History of Innovation in Bee Culture</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> by <b><a href="http://news.cincinnati.com/article/AB/20100805/NEWS01/8050344/Beekeeping-book-puts-local-cicada-expert-Gene-Kritsky-national-spotlight-again">Gene Kritsky</a> - </b> Oxford University Press <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="../../../Local%20Settings/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/OLK1E/Rin%20Tin%20Tin:%20The%20Life%20and%20the%20Legend">Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend</a></span></i></b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>by <b><a href="../../../Local%20Settings/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/OLK1E/Rin%20Tin%20Tin:%20The%20Life%20and%20the%20Legend">Susan Orlean</a> - </b>Simon & Schuster<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>About Ohio/Ohioan <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.ohioswallow.com/book/Literary+Cincinnati">Literary Cincinnati: The Missing Chapter</a></span></i></b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>by <b>Dale Patrick Brown - </b>Ohio University Press & Swallow Press <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/35kpk5df9780252036163.html">George Szell: A Life of Music</a></span></i></b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> by </span></i><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.conductorsguild.org/main.asp?pageID=58&boardID=37">Michael Charry</a> </span></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>- University of Illinois Press<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://us.macmillan.com/midnightrising/TonyHorwitz">Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War</a></span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> by <b>Tony Horwitz* - </b> Henry Holt and Co<i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/02/books/review/destiny-of-the-republic-by-candice-millard-book-review.html?pagewanted=all">Destiny of the Republic</a>: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President</span></i></b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>by<i> </i><b>Candice Millard* - </b>Doubleday <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.littlemiamibooks.com/shop/pc/Over-the-Rhine-Tour-Guide-Cincinnati-s-Historic-German-District-Over-the-Rhine-and-Environs-3p98.htm">Over-the-Rhine Tour Guide:</a> Cincinnati's Historic German District, Over-the-Rhine, and Environs</span></i></b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> by </span></i><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.gamhof.org/bio_tolzmann.html">Don Heinrich<span style='font-weight:normal'> </span>Tolzmann</a> - </span></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Little Miami Publishing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Juvenile</span></u></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/arnold-adoff/roots-and-blues/">Roots and Blues: A Celebration</a></span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> by <b><a href="http://www.arnoldadoff.com/">Arnold Adoff</a> - </b>Clarion Books<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://raecarson.com/pb/wp_6f454bbe/wp_6f454bbe.html">Girl of Fire and Thorns</a></span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> by <b><a href="http://raecarson.com/pb/wp_edea27a5/wp_edea27a5.html">Rae<span style='font-weight:normal'> </span>Carson</a> </b>- Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.andreacheng.com/node/131">Where Do You Stay?</a> </span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>by <b><a href="http://www.andreacheng.com/about">Andrea Cheng</a></b> - Boyds Mills<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.marymaeandthegospeltruth.com/">Mary Mae and the Gospel Truth</a></span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> by <b><a href="http://www.sandradutton.com/">Sandra Dutton</a> - </b>Houghton Mifflin Harcourt<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.tyrothbooks.com/novels.phphttp:/www.tyrothbooks.com/novels.php">So Shelly</a></span></i></b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>by <b><a href="http://www.tyrothbooks.com/ty.php">Ty Roth</a> – </b>Delacorte Press <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sandra-markle/butterfly-tree/">Butterfly Tree</a></span></i></b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>by <b><a href="http://www.charlesbridge.com/contributorinfo.cfm?ContribID=172">Sandra Markle</a> </b>- Peachtree Publishers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/afuse8production/2011/03/07/review-of-the-day-cousins-of-clouds-by-tracie-vaughn-zimmer/">Cousins of Clouds: Elephant Poems</a></span></i></b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>by <b><a href="http://www.tracievaughnzimmer.com/BIO.html">Tracie Vaughn Zimmer</a> - </b>Clarion Books <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Poetry<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.boaeditions.org/bookstore/your-father-on-the-train-of-ghosts.html">Your Father on the Train of Ghosts</a> </span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>by<b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gallaher">John Gallaher</a> and G.C. Waldrep*</b><i> </i>- BOA Editions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.ugapress.org/index.php/books/weather">Weather</a> </span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>by <b>Dave Lucas - </b>University of Georgia Press <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=9780898232554">Hotel Utopia</a> </span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>by <b><a href="http://www.pw.org/content/robert_miltner_0">Robert Miltner</a> - </b>New Rivers Press<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://lima.osu.edu/english/poetry/mechanicalfireflies.html">Mechanical Fireflies</a> </span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>by<i> </i><b><a href="http://lima.osu.edu/english/poetry/">Doug Ramspeck</a> -</b> Barrow Street Press <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/4882.htm">Wait</a></span></i></b><i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></i><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>by <b><a href="http://www.pw.org/content/alison_stine">Alison Stine</a> - </b>University of Wisconsin Press<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>The mission of the Ohioana Library, established in 1929 by First Lady Martha Kinney Cooper, is to recognize and encourage the creative accomplishments of Ohioans; preserve and expand a permanent collection of books, sheet music, manuscripts, and other materials by Ohioans and about Ohio; and disseminate information about the work of Ohio writers, musicians and other artists to researchers, schools, and the general public. Individuals may visit the Library at 274 East First Avenue, Columbus, OH, or online at <a href="http://www.ohioana.org/">www.ohioana.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>For more information, contact Linda R. Hengst at 614-466-3831 or <a href="mailto:ohioana@ohiaona.org">ohioana@ohiaona.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Janet Ingraham Dwyer</span></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <br><b>Library Consultant</b> <br><b>State Library of Ohio</b> <br><a href="mailto:jdwyer@library.ohio.gov"><span style='color:blue'>jdwyer@library.ohio.gov</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>614.644.6910 <br><a href="http://library.ohio.gov/"><span style='color:blue'>http://library.ohio.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="http://library.ohio.gov/youthservices" title="blocked::http://library.ohio.gov/youthservices"><span style='color:blue'>http://library.ohio.gov/youthservices</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>The State Library of Ohio provides services and resources to assist state government and libraries in providing the best service to all.</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>