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Blue Heaven by C.J. Box
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
 The Foreigner by Francie Lin (Picador)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
China Lake by  Meg Gardiner(New American Library - Obsidian Mysteries)
BEST FACT CRIME
American Lightning:Terror,Mystery,The birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century by Howard Blum (Crown Publishers)
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
Edgar Allen Poe: An Illustrated Companion to his Tell-Tale Stories by Dr. Harry Lee Poe (Sterling Publishing - Metro Books)
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Skinhead Central-The Blue Religion by T. Jefferson Parker (Hachette Book Group- Little, Brown & Company)
BEST JUVENILE
The Postcard by Tony Abbot (Little Brown books for young readers)
BEST YOUNG ADULT
Paper Towns by John Green (Penguin Young Readers Group - Dutton Children’s Books)
BEST PLAY
The Ballad of Emmett Till by Ifa Bayeza (Goodman Theater, Chicago, IL)
BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY
Text Box: Prayer of the Bone - Wire in the Blood, Teleplay by Patrick Harbison  (BBC America)

BEST MOTION PICTURE SCREENPLAY
In Bruges Screenplay by Martin McDonagh (Focus Features)
THE SIMON AND SCHUSTER- MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
The Killers Wife by Bill Floyd (St. Marin’s Minotaur)
ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD
Buckner’s Error -Queens Noir by Joseph Guglielmelli (Akashic Books)
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Text Box: Strawberry & Grape Salad
1 large bunch of seedless grapes
1 box fresh strawberries
1 - 8 oz cup sour cream
1/4 cup brown sugar (or more, to taste)
Wash fruit, stem grapes top strawberries.  You might want to slice strawberries in half.
Mix fruit together in bowl, add sour cream and brown sugar and mix until well coated.
Serve chilled.

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Strawberries & Grapes
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1 or 2 sweet potatoes (depends on size)
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Peel potatoes, slice into strips.  Put the strips into a plastic bag.  Add oil, salt, paprika and cinnamon.  Shake to coat.
Bake at 450 degrees for 30 minutes, turning every  10 minutes.  Lay on dish covered with paper napkin and serve warm.
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