2015 Colorado Book Award

Awards List

Children's Literature

Mama Built a Little Nest
(Winner)
Jennifer Ward

Historical Fiction

Song of the Jayhawk: Or, the Squatter Sovereign
(Winner)
Jack Marshall Maness

Juvenile Literature

Searching for Silverheels
(Winner)
Jeannie Mobley

Literary Fiction

The Painter
(Winner)
Peter Heller

Mystery

Trapline
(Winner)
Mark Stevens

Short Story Collection

The Rise & Fall of the Scandamerican Domestic
(Winner)
Christopher Merkner

Thriller

The Intern's Handbook
(Winner)
Shane Kuhn

Young Adult

Lost Girl Found
(Winner)
Leah Bassoff; Laura DeLuca

Children's Literature

Mama Built a Little Nest
(Finalist)
Jennifer Ward

The Baby Sea Turtle
(Finalist)
S.A. Mahan

Historical Fiction

Song of the Jayhawk: Or, the Squatter Sovereign
(Finalist)
Jack Marshall Maness

The Circle of Na'mow
(Finalist)
Anna McDermott; Gretchen Wiegand

A Quilt for Christmas
(Finalist)
Sandra Dallas

Juvenile Literature

Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky
(Finalist)
Sandra Dallas

Searching for Silverheels
(Finalist)
Jeannie Mobley

Literary Fiction

The Painter
(Finalist)
Peter Heller

Stars Go Blue
(Finalist)
Laura Pritchett

Cry Father
(Finalist)
Benjamin Whitmer

Mystery

The Last Heir
(Finalist)
Chuck Greaves

Strangers, Lovers, and the Winds of Time
(Finalist)
Dale Lovin

Trapline
(Finalist)
Mark Stevens

Short Story Collection

The Rise & Fall of the Scandamerican Domestic
(Finalist)
Christopher Merkner

Sanctuary
(Finalist)
Lucinda Stein

The Seven Stages of Anger and Other Stories
(Finalist)
Wendy J. Fox

Thriller

House of Bathory
(Finalist)
Linda Lafferty

The Intern's Handbook
(Finalist)
Shane Kuhn

Dead Wrong
(Finalist)
Patricia Stoltey

Young Adult

Flame
(Finalist)
Amy Kathleen Ryan

Lost Girl Found
(Finalist)
Leah Bassoff; Laura DeLuca

Award Categories

Anthology/Collection

Children's Literature

Crime/Mystery

Fiction

General Fiction

Genre Fiction

Historical Fiction

Juvenile Literature

Literary Fiction

Mystery

Mystery/Thriller

Novel

Popular Fiction

Romance

Short Story Collection

Thriller

Thriller/Suspense

Young Adult

Young Adult Literature

Award Years

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004