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“So Much Stuff” and more Colorado Book Awards winners

An anthology of Colorado writers and a study of the stuff created by man, by a former Denver Museum of Nature and Science archaeologist, are among the winners of the 2024 Colorado Book Awards.

“So Much Stuff” is by Chip Colwell, whose bio on X declares him to be “owner of too much stuff,” is now editor-in-chief of SAPIENS, a digital magazine about anthropological thinking and discoveries.

“Reading Colorado,” by Peter Andersen, “underscores the diversity and richness of the state and its writers,” wrote our local book reviewer, Sandra Dallas soon after the book was published in 2023.

The awards were presented by the Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book on June 21. A complete list of the winners:

Anthology

“Reading Colorado,” by Peter Anderson

Creative Nonfiction

“Losing Music: A Memoir,” by John Cotter

General Nonfiction

“So Much Stuff: How Humans Discovered Tools, Invented Meaning, and Made More of Everything,” by Chip Colwell

Historical Fiction

“To Die Beautiful,” by Buzzy Jackson

History

“Women of the Colorado Gold Rush Era,” by J.v.L. Bell and Jan Gunia

Mystery

“Blood Betrayal: A Detective Inaya Rahman Novel,” by Ausma Zehanat Khan

Novel

“The Applicant,” by Nazli Koca

Poetry

“How You Walk Alone in the Dark,” by Erin Block

Romance

“Brynn and Sebastian Hate Each Other,” by Bethany Turner

Science Fiction/Fantasy

“Dark Moon, Shallow Sea,” by David R. Slayton

Short Story

“Uranians: Stories,” by Theodore McCombs

Thriller

“No Child of Mine,” by Nichelle Giraldes

Children’s Literature

“Lia & Luís: Puzzled!,” by Ana Crespo and Giovana Medeiros

Juvenile Literature

“Brave Bird at Wounded Knee: A Story of Protest on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation,” by Rachel Bithell and Eric Freeberg

Young Adult Literature

Rez Ball, byByron Graves

For more information, go tocoloradohumanities.org.

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