Pat Conroy’s legacy lives on through these book awards
Pat Conroy’s legacy is living on in recognizing the southern authors and books the famed Beaufort writer long supported.
Nine books by southern authors have been awarded the 2016 Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize, according to a news release. The award was previously known as the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance Book Award.
The award was renamed this year to honor Conroy, the bestselling late author of such books as “Prince of Tides” and “Beach Music.”
The awards were named for some of Conroy’s novels.
The winners were:
- The Great Santini Fiction Prize: “My Sunshine Away” by M. O. Walsh (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
- The Prince of Tides Literary Prize: “Above the Waterfall” by Ron Rash (Ecco Press)
- The Beach Music Mystery Prize: “Bull Mountain” by Brian Panowich (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
- The Lords of Discipline Thriller Prize: “The Bone Tree” by Greg Isles (William Morrow & Company)
- The Pat Conroy Cookbook Prize: “Soul Food Love” by Alice Randall (Clarkson Potter Publishers)
- The Death of Santini Nonfiction Prize: “Dispatches from Pluto” by Richard Grant (Simon & Schuster)
- The Water is Wide History & Life Stories Prize: “Jacksonland” by Steve Inskeep (Penguin Press)
- Poppy's Pants Young Adult Prize: “Mosquitoland” by David Arnold (Viking Books for Young Readers)
- Poppy's Pants Youngster's Prize: “Serafina and the Black Cloak” by Robert Beatty (Disney-Hyperion)
Remembering Pat Conroy — 1945-2016
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This story was originally published July 5, 2016 at 9:38 AM with the headline "Pat Conroy’s legacy lives on through these book awards."