2009 WINNER: PETE HAUTMAN

 

 

Pete Hautman is the author of an almost countless number of titles for adults, young adults and children.  Born in Berkeley, CA, at a young age Pete moved to Minnesota, where he currently shares his time between south Minneapolis and the Lake Pepin area in Wisconsin.

Hautman’s formal education was from Minneapolis College of Art & Design and the University of Minnesota, where according to his website he accrued a huge debt and no marketable skills. But he must have done something right…

Beginning in the 1990s, writing under the pseudonym Peter Murray, he wrote many well-received non-fiction titles for Child’s World.  His books were said to be “visually appealing”, “user-friendly” with plenty of information presented in an informal way. (Hummingbirds,1993; Volcanoes, 1996)

Hautman’s titles for young adults have won several awards : Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Allen Poe Award, Best YA Book of the Year from Michigan Library Association, Minnesota Book Awards for Best Popular novel and 2004 National Book Award for Godless.

Selected Books written by Pete Hautman

Godless (2004)	Invisible (2005)
Bloodwater Mysteries: Dobbleganger (2008)	Sweet Blood (2003)
Rash (2006)	Full House (2007
Hole in the Sky (2001)

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Previous Winners

2009	Pete Hautman
2008	MaryBeth LorBiecki
2007	Jim LaMarche
2006	Betty Ren Wright
2005	S.D. Schindler
2004	Marion Dane Bauer
2003	Ann Cameron
2002	Alden R. Carter
2001	Kevin Henkes
2000	Kathleen Krull
1999	Nathan Aaseng
1998	Lois Ehlert
1997	Lorna Balian
1996	George Shannon
1995	Nancy Ekholm Burkett
1994	David Kherdian
1993	Virginia Kahl
1992	Anne Pellowski