Denver Post book reviewer and author Sandra Dallas was among the winners honored by Colorado Humanities and the Center for the Book last week at the 2023 Colorado Book Awards earlier in June. “The Immortal King Rao,” by Vauhini Vara, which has won national acclaim, also took home a prize. Meanwhile, “Woman of Light,” by Kali Fajardo-Anstine, was honored by the Reading the West Book Awards, as was “Tracing Time,” by Craig Childs.

Here are all the winners of the Colorado Book Awards:

ANTHOLOGY: “Denver Noir,” by Cynthia Swanson

BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY: “The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation,” by Mark Lee Gardner

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: “Swim, Jim!,” by Kaz Windness

CREATIVE NONFICTION: “Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation,” by Erika Krouse

GENERAL FICTION: “The Immortal King Rao,” by Vauhini Vara

GENERAL NONFICTION: “Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions,” by Temple Grandin

HISTORICAL FICTION: “Little Souls,” by Sandra Dallas

JUVENILE LITERATURE: “Totality! An Eclipse Guide in Rhyme and Science,” by Jeffrey Bennett

LITERARY FICTION: “Bratwurst Haven: Stories,” by Rachel King

MYSTERY: “Aunt Dimity & the Enchanted Cottage,” by Nancy Atherton

PICTORIAL: “Vibrant Interiors,” by Andrea Monath Schumacher

POETRY: I|I, by Katherine Indermaur

ROMANCE: “All the Flowers of the Mountain,” by Christina Holbrook

SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY: “Conscious Designs,” by Nathanial White

THRILLER: “The Wrong Woman,” by Leanne Kale Sparks

YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE: “Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves,” by Meg Long

And here are the winners of the Reading the West Book Awards.

FICTION: “Woman of Light,” by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

DEBUT FICTION: “Calling for a Blanket Dance,” by Oscar Hokeah

POETRY: “Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light,” by Joy Harjo

GENERAL NONFICTION: “Tracing Time: Seasons of Rock Art on the Colorado Plateau,” by Craig Childs

MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY: “When I Was Red Clay,” by Jonathan T. Bailey

EATING THE WEST (Culinary/Cookbook): “The Big Texas Cookbook,” by the Editors of Texas Monthly

PICTURE BOOK: “Brave Every Day,” by Trudy Ludwig; illus. by Patrice Barton

YOUNG READER/MIDDLE GRADE: “The River Between Hearts,” by Heather Mateus Sappenfield )

YOUNG ADULT/TEEN: “Abuela, Don’t Forget Me,” by Rex Ogle (W.W. Norton)

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