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Pete Hautman2009 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

Godless (2004)

Invisible

Invisible (2005)

Bloodwater Mysteries: Dobbleganger

Bloodwater Mysteries: Dobbleganger (2008)

Sweetblood

Sweet Blood (2003)

Rash (2006)

Full House

Full House (2007

Hole in the Sky

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

 

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