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Today, from New York and New Orleans, Sarah Broom. Her memoir, The Yellow House won the National Book Award and it was named by the NY Times one of the five best non-fiction books of the year. The Yellow House recounts the political, social and racial history of New Orleans –with all its greed, bad planning, and indifference-- alongside family memories, struggles, and love.

James McBride was the surprise winner of the 2013 National Book Award for his novel, The Good Lord Bird. It's a comic treatment of controversial abolitionist John Brown, who led a violent crusade against slavery.