Georgia Author of the Year (GAYA) Award Winners

The Georgia Writers Association recognizes Georgia's authors of excellence by presenting the Georgia Author of the Year Awards (GAYA) Ceremony. The GA ...more

Winners

	3 Women Walk Into A Bar by Linda Sands (Goodreads Author) 3.26 avg rating — 145 ratings Georgia Author of the Year (GAYA) Award for Detective/Mystery (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Memory of Flight by Debra Bowling (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings Georgia Author of the Year (GAYA) Award for First Novel (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breathing and Walking Around: Meditations on a Life by Kathy A. Bradley (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings Georgia Author of the Year (GAYA) Award for Essay (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghost on Black Mountain by Ann Hite (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 2,156 ratings Georgia Author of the Year (GAYA) Award for First Novel (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Truth About Butterflies: A Memoir by Nancy Stephan (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 1,225 ratings Georgia Author of the Year (GAYA) Award for Memoir (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Front Porch Prophet by Raymond L. Atkins 3.91 avg rating — 1,621 ratings Georgia Author of the Year (GAYA) Award for First Novel (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

nominees

	Hoochy Koochy: A Jake Eliam ChickenBone Mystery by Cliff Yeargin (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings Georgia Author of the Year (GAYA) Award Nominee for Dectective/Mystery (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The LIES We BURY by Joe Cobb Crawford 3.58 avg rating — 26 ratings Georgia Author of the Year (GAYA) Award Nominee for Dectective/Mystery (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gin Entanglement (The Foxes of Caminus, #1) by Laura Burroughs (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings Georgia Author of the Year (GAYA) Award Nominee for Science Fiction (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Arcainians (Arcainian #2) by T.L. Gray (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings Georgia Author of the Year (GAYA) Award Nominee (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Milledgeville Misfit by T.L. Gray (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 21 ratings Georgia Author of the Year (GAYA) Award Nominee (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chasing Mussolini by Zarle Williams (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings Georgia Author of the Year (GAYA) Award Nominee (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Bram Stoker Award
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Royal Society Science Book Prize
Booker Prize
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Newbery Medal
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