Theodor S. Geisel Award for “Best of the Best” Published Books
Lac Su, I Love Yous Are for White People
Published Books—Nonfiction
Published Books—Fiction
Published Books—Literary
Unpublished Works
2010 Finalists
Published Books—Nonfiction
Biography
Nancy Burnett, Journeys Home
Sarita Eastman, A Trail of Light: The Very Full Life of Dr. Anita Figueredo
Gayle Slate, Dana’s Legacy: From Heartbreak to Healing
Business
Ken Blanchard, Helping People Win at Work
Scott G. Kyle, The Power Curve
Bob Nelson, Keeping Up in a Down Economy
Lee Silber, Andrew Chapman, and Linda Krall, The Wild Idea Club
Children’s/Young Adult
Edward Hujsak, All About Rocket Engines
Judith Pinkerton Josephson, Nelson Mandela
Cooking and Crafts
Gaetano Cicciotti, Cicciotti’s Kitchen
Bernard Guillas, Flying Pans
Leslie Perlis, Dimensional Mosaics
Education
Beth Wagner Brust and Cynthia La Brie Norall, Quirky, Yes—Hopeless, No
Michael Linsin, Dream Class
General
Michael Hemmingson, Star Trek: A Post-Structural Critique of the Original Series
Peter J. Munson, Iraq in Transition
Michael Oldstone, Viruses, Plagues, & History: Past, Present, and Future
History
Tom Basinski , Cross Country Evil
David Klauber, The Sounding
Amy Goodpaster Strebe, Flying For Her Country
Local Interest
Leland Fetzer, The Cuyamacas
Karla Ogilvie, Encinitas Insight
Linda H. Pequegnat, This Day in San Diego History
Memoir
Ella DeCastro Baron, Itchy Brown Girl Seeks Employment
Lew Decker, Fingerprints…A Coffeehouse Reader
Phyllis Pilgrim, The Hidden Passport: My Childhood Journey Through Japanese Concentration Camps in Java
Carol Poe Straubinger, My Chunk of a Century
Lac Su, I Love Yous Are for White People
Pets
Richard Lederer, A Treasury for Cat Lovers
Richard Lederer, A Treasury for Dog Lovers
Liz Palika , Puppy Love
Cindy Traisi, Because They Matter, Too
Self-Help & Medicine
Marilyn S. Beidler, Everyday Wellness
Kathi Burns, How to Master Your Muck
Giovanna Pang Garcia, Why Chinese Women Are Not Broke
Spirit/Inspiration
Pamela MacPhee, Delivering Hope
Dean Nelson, God Hides in Plain Sight
Sheryl L. Roush, Heart of a Military Woman
Travel
Diane Asitimbay, What’s Up America?
Nelson Copp, Cycling the Palm Springs Region
Bette Blaydes Pegas, Chasing a Dream in the Galápagos
Published Books—Fiction
Action/Thriller
Roger L. Conlee, The Hindenburg Letter
Brian Neary, Hawk
General Fiction
Eric Peterson, Life as a Sandwich
T. Greenwood, Two Rivers
William Roetzheim, Five Poet Plays
Historical Fiction
Renee Burch, Of My Hand’s Own Weaving
Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman, In the Lion’s Den
Betsy Jordan, Dante and Me: A Journey
Picture Book
Jeffrey Garcia, Santa Claus and the Molokai Mules
Heather Kraszewski, Surf Angel
Judy McSweeney, Laverne, the Runway Stowaway
Science Fiction & Fantasy
K.R. Johnson, The Eleventh Sense
Kirsten Imani Kasai, Ice Song
Children’s/Young Adult
Stacey Goldblatt, Girl to the Core
Milt Kogan, Escape to Montana
Walter G. Meyer, Rounding Third
Barrie Summy, I So Don’t Do Spooky
Published Books—Literary
Poetry
Brandon Cesmat, Light in All Directions
Natasha Josefowitz, Been There, Done That, Doing It Better!
Gabriela Anaya Valdepeña, The Book of Whispers
Anthology
Arthur Salm and Sandra Alcrosser, Editors, A Year in Ink, Vol. 2
Donna J. Watson, Michelle Sierra and Lucia Gbaya-Kanga, Editors, Lavandería
Robert Lundy and Elizabeth Yahn Williams, Editors, The Merging of Art and Poetry
Unpublished Works
Unpublished Short Story
Yvonne Nelson Perry, “In the Rain Forest”
Yvonne Nelson Perry, “The Picture Bride”
Larry Zeiger, “Fade In – Fade Out”
Unpublished Poetry Chapbook
Jeanne Carney, “Looking for Logos”
Kayla Krut, “How the Heavens Go”
Enriqueta Luíssi, “Eye to Eye”
Deborah Ramos, “Road Warriors”
Unpublished Memoir
Carl Nelson, Rise! Letters from Pop
Susan Ram, Season of the Cicada
Michelle Zive, Holding On and Letting Go: A Mother’s Story
Unpublished Young Adult Novel
Nancy Klann, Fate Carries Its Own Clock
Tone Milazzo, Picking Up the Ghost
Randy Morrison, Seven Moon Circus
Unpublished Novel
Laurel R. Barile, Descant
Richard Hicks, Murder by the Numbers
Siddharth Katragadda, Blood Siblings
Caroline McCullagh, The Labyrinth of Love