THRITY TO RECEIVE OHIOANA AWARD OCTOBER 14

 

Thrity among Ohioana Book Awards winners

October 14 event for presentations

 

Tiffany McDaniel's "Betty" won Ohioana’s 5th annual Readers' Choice Book Award.

 

"Betty" got the most votes in fiction as well as the most overall votes of the more than 3,000 cast online, making Tiffany the first two-time winner of the Readers' Choice Book Award!

 

Fan favorites in each of the other five award categories included former BJ columnist Thrity Umbrigar for her book for juveniles, “ Sugar in Milk.”

 

The other winners:

 

Fiction - Tiffany McDaniel, "Betty"

Nonfiction - Maggie Downs, "Braver Than You Think"

About Ohio - Carole Genshaft, "Raggin' On"

Poetry - Marianne Chan, "All Heathens"

Middle Grade/Young Adult - Shelley Pearsall, "Things Seen from Above"

 

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Ohioana Book Awards, and will be presented Thursday, October 14, from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Ohio Statehouse Atrium.