Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography explained

Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography, established in 1981, is a category of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Works are eligible during the year of their first US publication in English, though they may be written originally in languages other than English.

Recipients

Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography winners and finalists!Year!Author!Title!Subject!Result!Ref.
1981Mornings on Horseback, 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)Winner
1982Waldo Emerson: A Biography, American philosopher, essayist, and poet (1803–1882)Winner
1983The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House, German-born American politician, diplomat, and geopolitical consultant (1923–2023)Winner
1984The Nightmare of Reason: A Life of Franz Kafka, Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)Winner
1985Solzhenitsyn: A Biography, Russian writer and historian (1918–2008)Winner
1986Alexander Pope: A Life, English poet (1688–1744)Winner
1987Hemingway, American author and journalist (1899–1961)Winner
1988Nora: The Real Life of Molly BloomNora Barnacle, Muse and wife of Irish author James Joyce (1884–1951)Winner
1989Winner
1990A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 to 1945 (1882–1945)Winner[1]
Means of Ascent: Volume 2 of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, 36th president of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969 (1908–1973)Finalist
Simone de Beauvoir: A Biography, French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
The Five of Hearts: An Intimate Portrait of Henry Adams and His Friends, 1880–1918 , American historian and Adams political family member (1838–1918)
The Iron Lady: A Biography of Margaret ThatcherMargaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 (1925–2013)
1991Righteous Pilgrim: The Life and Times of Harold L. Ickes, 1874–1952Harold L. Ickes, American politician, Secretary of State from 1933 to 1946 (1874–1952)Winner[2]
Road Song: A MemoirFinalist
O'Keeffe and Stieglitz: An American Romance, American modernist artist (1887–1986), and Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (1864–1946)
Benedict Arnold: Patriot and Traitor, American military officer during the Revolutionary War who defected to the British (1741–1801)
A Life of Picasso: Volume 1. The Prodigy, 1881–1906, Spanish painter and sculptor, known for co-founding the Cubist movement (1881–1973)
1992Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume One, 1884–1933, First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1884–1962)Winner[3]
Salem Is My Dwelling Place: A Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer (1804–1864)Finalist
Fascinating Rhythm: The Collaboration of George and Ira Gershwin, American pianist and composer (1898–1937), and his brother, Ira Gershwin, American lyricist (1896–1983)
Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance, American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
A Prophet With Honor: The Billy Graham Story, American Christian evangelist (1918–2018)
1993Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer, American pioneer and frontiersman (1734–1820)Winner[4]
The Six Wives of Henry VIIIWives of Henry VIIIFinalist
, Philip B. Kunhardt III, and Peter W. Kunhardt Lincoln: An Illustrated Biography, 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 to 1865 (1809–1865)
and Bela SilardGenius in the Shadows: A Biography of Leo Szilard, the Man Behind the BombLeo Szilard, Hungarian-American physicist and inventor (1898–1964)
Charles Sanders Peirce: A Life, American thinker who founded pragmatism (1839–1914)
1994Shot in the Heart, American murderer (1940–1977)Winner
Rodin: The Shape of Genius, French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture (1840–1917)Finalist[5]
Learned Hand: The Man and the Judge, American jurist (1872–1961)
Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life, American abolitionist and author (1811–1896)
An Evil Cradling
1995Winner[6]
Marie Curie: A Life, Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)Finalist
In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War
Drinking the Rain: A Memoir
D.H. Lawrence: The Story of a Marriage, English writer and poet (1885–1930)
1996Angela's Ashes: A MemoirWinner[7]
William Morris: A Life for Our Time, British textile designer, novelist, and socialist activist (1834–1896)Finalist
Tom: The Unknown Tennessee Williams, American playwright (1911–1983)
Orson Welles: The Road to Xanadu, American actor, director, writer, and producer (1915–1985)
A Life of Picasso: Volume 2. The Cubist Rebel, 1907–1916, Spanish painter and sculptor, known for co-founding the Cubist movement (1881–1973)
An Uncommon Woman: The Empress FrederickVictoria, Princess Royal, princess of the United Kingdom and German Empress (1840–1901)
Edward Hopper: An Intimate Biography, American realist painter, widely known for his oil paintings (1882–1967)
Hellman and Hammett: The Legendary Passion of Lillian Hellman and Dashiell Hammett, American dramatist and screenwriter (1905–1984), and Dashiell Hammett, American writer (1894–1961)
1997Whittaker Chambers: A Biography, Defected communist spy, writer, editor (1901– 1961)Winner[8]
and Eric LaxBogart, American actor (1899–1957)Finalist
Burning the Days: Recollection
Napoleon Bonaparte: A LifeNapoleon, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821)
Nazimova: A Biography, Russian-American actress, director, and producer (1879–1945)
1998Lindbergh, American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist (1902–1974)Winner[9]
A Traitor's Kiss: The Life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1751–1816, Irish satirist, a politician, a playwright, poet, and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (1751–1816)Finalist
Other Powers: The Age of Suffrage, Spiritualism, and the Scandalous Victoria Woodhull, American women's suffrage movement leader (1838–1927)
The Unknown Matisse: Volume 1. The Early Years, 1869–1908, 20th-century French artist (1869–1954)
Victor Hugo: A Biography, French novelist, poet, and dramatist (1802–1885)
1999Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of ColetteColette, French writer, (1873–1954)Winner[10]
Byron: Child of Passion, Fool of Fame, 19th-century English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)Finalist
My Grandfather's House: A Genealogy of Doubt and Faith
Rembrandt's EyesRembrandt, 17th-century Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)
Walt Whitman: The Song of Himself, American poet, essayist and journalist (1819–1892)
2000Jefferson Davis, American, President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865 (1808–1889)Winner[11]
Founding Fathers of the United StatesFinalist
Hitler: Volume 2. 1936–1945 Nemesis, Führer of Nazi Germany (1889–1945)
Mao: A LifeMao Zedong, also known as chairman Mao, founding father of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin, American polymath and a Founding Father of the United States (1706–1790)
2001Theodore Rex, the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)Winner[12] [13]
Boswell's Presumptuous Task: The Making of the Life of Dr. Johnson, Scottish lawyer, diarist, and author (1740–1795)Finalist
John Adams, 2nd president of the United States, serving from 1797 to 1801 (1735–1826)
Marie Antoinette: The JourneyMarie Antoinette, Queen of France from 1774 to 1792 (1755–1793)
Seabiscuit, Champion thoroughbred racehorse in the United States
2002Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. 3, 36th president of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969 (1908–1973)Winner[14]
Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War, American outlaw (1847–1882)Finalist[15]
Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self, English diarist (1633–1703)
Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers
The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War
2003American Empire: Roosevelt's Geographer and the Prelude to Globalization, American geographer and President of Johns Hopkins University, 1935–1948 (1878–1950)Winner[16]
Goya, 18th and 19th-century Spanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)Finalist
Jung: A Biography, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961)
Pushkin: A Biography, Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West, English-American photographer, known for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection (1830–1904)
2004 and , Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist (1904– 1997)Winner[17]
Alexander Hamilton, American founding father and statesman (1757–1804)Finalist[18]
John James Audubon: The Making of an American, American self-trained artist, naturalist, and ornithologist (1785–1851)
Washington Gone Crazy: Senator Pat McCarran and the Great American Communist Hunt, American judge and politician (1876–1954)
Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare, English poet, playwright, and actor (1564–1616)
2005Matisse the Master: A Life of Henri Matisse, the Conquest of Colour, 1909–1954, 20th-century French artist (1869–1954)Winner[19]
Melville: His World and Work, 19th-century American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (1819–1891)Finalist
Mencken: The American Iconoclast, American journalist and writer (1880–1956)
, 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 to 1865
The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century, American industrialist and businessman (1863–1947)
2006, American entrepreneur, animator and producer (1901–1966)Winner[20]
Prisoners: A Muslim and a Jew Across the Middle East DivideFinalist
The Librettist of Venice: The Remarkable Life of Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian, later American, opera librettist, poet and Roman Catholic priest (1749–1838)
, American clergyman and abolitionist (1813–1887)
2007Young Stalin, Leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953 (1878–1953)Winner[21]
Boone: A Biography, American pioneer and frontiersman (1734–1820)Finalist
Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr, 3rd vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805 (1756–1836)
Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer, Welsh journalist and explorer, famous for his exploration of Central Africa (1841–1904)
Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War, German-American aerospace engineer (1912–1977)
2008Ida: A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching, African-American civil rights activist (1862–1931)Winner[22]
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, 7th president of the United States from 1829 to 1837 (1767–1845)Finalist
Chagall: A Biography, French artist (1887–1985)
Democracy's Prisoner: Eugene V. Debs, the Great War, and the Right to Dissent
Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States from 1933 to 1945
2009Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits, American photojournalist (1895–1965)Winner[23]
Koestler: The Literary and Political Odyssey of a Twentieth-Century Skeptic, Jewish Hungarian-British author and journalist (1905–1983)Finalist
Louis D. Brandeis: A Life, United States Supreme Court justice from 1916 to 1939 (1856–1941)
The Uncrowned King: The Sensational Rise of William Randolph Hearst, American newspaper publisher (1863–1951)
The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience, American politician and workers rights advocate (1880–1965)
2010, American athlete and army officer (1917–2014)Winner[24] [25]
Colonel Roosevelt, 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)Finalist
George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I of Britain, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
Hitch-22: A Memoir
The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham: A Biography, English playwright and writer (1874–1965)
2011Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned, American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union (1857– 1938)Winner[26]
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a WomanCatherine the Great, Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796 (1729–1796)Finalist
, African-American human rights activist (1925–1965)
My Long Trip Home: A Family Memoir
Reading My Father: A Memoir
2012, 36th president of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969 (1908–1973)Winner[27]
A Difficult Woman: The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian Hellman, American dramatist and screenwriter (1905–1984)Finalist
The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace, 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877 (1822–1885)
The One: The Life and Music of James Brown, American musician (1933–2006)
The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy, American businessman and politician (1888–1969)
2013Bolivar: American Liberator, Venezuelan military and political leader (1783–1830)Winner[28]
American Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell, 20th-century American painter and illustrator (1894–1978)Finalist
Country Girl: A Memoir
The Red Man's Bones: George Catlin, Artist and Showman, 19th-century American painter, adventurer, lawyer, author, and traveler (1796–1872)
Wilson, 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921 (1856–1924)
2014Napoleon, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821)Winner[29]
Eugene O'Neill: A Life in Four ActsEugene O'Neill, American playwright, and Nobel laureate in Literature (1888–1953)Finalist[30]
Isabella: The Warrior QueenIsabella of Castile, Queen of Castile who sponsored Christopher Columbus's journey and established the Spanish Inquisition (1451–1504)
, Leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953 (1878–1953)
Updike, American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic (1932–2009)
2015Listening to Stone: The Art and Life of Isamu Noguchi, Japanese-American artist (1904–1988)Winner[31]
Fortune's Fool: The Life of John Wilkes Booth, 19th-century American stage actor and assassin of Abraham Lincoln (1838–1865)Finalist
Jonas Salk: A Life, 20th-century American virologist; inventor of the polio vaccine (1914–1995)
Mary McGrory The First Queen of Journalism, American journalist and columnist (1918 –2004)
Young Orson: The Years of Luck and Genius on the Path to Citizen Kane, American actor, director, writer, and producer (1915–1985)
2016 with Jefferson Chase (trans.), Führer of Nazi Germany (1889–1945)Winner[32]
Charlotte Brontë: A Fiery Heart, English novelist and poet (1816–1855)Finalist
Guilty Thing: A Life of Thomas De Quincey, English essayist, (1785–1859)
Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for the Real James Brown, American musician (1933–2006)
Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies, French painter (1840–1926)
2017Henry David Thoreau: A Life, 19th-century American essayist, poet, and philosopherWinner[33] [34]
Muhammad Ali, American boxer, philanthropist and activist (1942–2016)Finalist
Fasting and Feasting: The Life of Visionary Food Writer Patience Gray, English cookery and travel writer of the mid-20th century (1917– 2005)
Grant, 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877 (1822 –1885)
Richard Nixon: The Life, 37th president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
2018, African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818–1895)Winner[35]
Reporter: A Memoir, American journalist (1937–)Finalist[36]
American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic, American physician, botanist, and educator (1769–1835)
Reagan: An American Journey, 40th president of the United States, serving from 1981 to 1989 (1911–2004)
EducatedTara Westover, American historian and author (1986–)
2019Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American CenturyRichard Holbrooke, American diplomat and author (1941–2010)Winner[37] [38] [39]
The Club, James Boswell, Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, Edward Gibbon, and James BoswellFinalist[40] [41]
Fay Wray and Robert Riskin: A Hollywood Memoir, American actress (1907–2004), and Robert Riskin, American screenwriter and playwright (1897–1955)
Zora and Langston, American folklorist, novelist, and short story writer (1891–1960), and Langston Hughes, American writer and social activist (1901–1967)
First: Sandra Day O'Connor, United States Supreme Court justice (1930–)
2020, American writer (1902–1968)Winner[42] [43]
and Tamara Payne, African-American human rights activist (1925–1965)Finalist[44]
, American poet, novelist and short story writer (1932–1963)
Warhol, American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
Eleanor, First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1884–1962)
2021Paul Auster, American novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist (1871–1900)Winner[45]
Competing With Idiots: Herman and Joe Mankiewicz, A Dual Portrait , American screenwriter (1897–1953) and, American film director (1909–1993)Finalist
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler, American-German literary historian (1902–1943)
Mike Nichols: A Life, American television director, writer, producer and comedian (1931–2014)
The Reason for the Darkness of the Night: Edgar Allan Poe and the Forging of American Science, American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
2022Beverly Gage, American law-enforcement administrator (1895–1972)Winner[46]
Tomiko Brown-NaginCivil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for EqualityConstance Baker Motley, American judge and politician (1921–2005)Finalist
Jennifer HomansMr. B: George Balanchine's 20th CenturyGeorge Balanchine, Georgian-American ballet choreographer (1904–1983)
David MaranissPath Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim ThorpeJim Thorpe, American athlete (1887–1953)
George Floyd, African-American man murdered by police (1973–2020)
2023Gregg HecimovichThe Life and Times of Hannah Crafts: The True Story of The Bondwoman’s Narrative, American writerWinner[47] [48]
Leah Redmond ChangYoung Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of PowerFinalist
Jonny SteinbergWinnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage
Elizabeth R. VaronLongstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South, American general (1821–1904)
David Waldstreicher The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet’s Journeys Through American Slavery and Independence, African-American writer (c. 1753–1784)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 1990 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-09 . Awards Archive . en-US . 2022-03-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220309122118/https://www.awardsarchive.com/1990-los-angeles-times-book-prize-biography-winner-and-nominees/ . live .
  2. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 1991 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-09 . Awards Archive . en-US . 2022-03-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220309032029/https://www.awardsarchive.com/1991-los-angeles-times-book-prize-biography-winner-and-nominees/ . live .
  3. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 1992 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-09 . Awards Archive . en-US . 2022-03-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220309032031/https://www.awardsarchive.com/1992-los-angeles-times-book-prize-biography-winner-and-nominees/ . live .
  4. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 1993 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-09 . Awards Archive . en-US . 2022-03-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220309021357/https://www.awardsarchive.com/1993-los-angeles-times-book-prize-biography-winner-and-nominees/ . live .
  5. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 1994 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-09 . Awards Archive . en-US . 2022-03-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220309015952/https://www.awardsarchive.com/1994-los-angeles-times-book-prize-biography-winner-and-nominees/ . live .
  6. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 1995 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-09 . Awards Archive . en-US . 2022-03-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220309015953/https://www.awardsarchive.com/1995-los-angeles-times-book-prize-biography-winner-and-nominees/ . live .
  7. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 1996 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-09 . Awards Archive . en-US . 2022-03-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220309014106/https://www.awardsarchive.com/1996-los-angeles-times-book-prize-biography-winner-and-nominees/ . live .
  8. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 1997 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-09 . Awards Archive . en-US . 2022-03-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220309014108/https://www.awardsarchive.com/1997-los-angeles-times-book-prize-biography-winner-and-nominees/ . live .
  9. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 1998 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-09 . Awards Archive . en-US . 2022-03-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220309014104/https://www.awardsarchive.com/1998-los-angeles-times-book-prize-biography-winner-and-nominees/ . live .
  10. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 1999 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-09 . Awards Archive . en-US . 2022-03-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220309014103/https://www.awardsarchive.com/1999-los-angeles-times-book-prize-biography-winner-and-nominees/ . live .
  11. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 2000 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-08 . Awards Archive . en-US . 2022-03-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220309014104/https://www.awardsarchive.com/2000-los-angeles-times-book-prize-biography-winner-and-nominees/ . live .
  12. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-01 . Awards Archive . en-US . 2022-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220301023823/https://www.awardsarchive.com/2001-los-angeles-times-book-prize-biography-winner-and-nominees/ . live .
  13. Web site: Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winners Announced . 2022-03-09 . Writers Write . en . 2022-03-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220309203837/https://www.writerswrite.com/los-angeles-times-book-prize-5092002588 . live .
  14. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 2002 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-01 . Awards Archive . en-US . 2022-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220301025334/https://www.awardsarchive.com/2002-los-angeles-times-book-prize-biography-winner-and-nominees/ . live .
  15. Web site: 2003-03-10 . Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalists Announced . 2022-03-09 . Chicago Tribune . en-US . 2022-03-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220309203834/https://www.chicagotribune.com/ . live .
  16. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-01 . Awards Archive . en-US . 2022-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220301025338/https://www.awardsarchive.com/2003-los-angeles-times-book-prize-biography-winner-and-nominees/ . live .
  17. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-01 . Awards Archive . en-US . 2022-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220301023828/https://www.awardsarchive.com/2004-los-angeles-times-book-prize-biography-winner-and-nominees/ . live .
  18. Web site: 2005-04-29 . [Los Angeles Times] Book Prize Finalists ]. 2022-03-09 . C-SPAN . 2022-03-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220309132448/https://www.c-span.org/video/?186535-2/los-angeles-times-book-prize-finalists . live .
  19. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-01 . Awards Archive . en-US . 2022-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220301025332/https://www.awardsarchive.com/2005-los-angeles-times-book-prize-biography-winner-and-nominees/ . live .
  20. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-01 . Awards Archive . en-US . 2022-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220301023826/https://www.awardsarchive.com/2006-los-angeles-times-book-prize-biography-winner-and-nominees/ . live .
  21. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 2007 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-01 . Awards Archive . en-US . 2022-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220301025331/https://www.awardsarchive.com/2007-los-angeles-times-book-prize-biography-winner-and-nominees/ . live .
  22. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-01 . Awards Archive . en-US . 2022-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220301025334/https://www.awardsarchive.com/2008-los-angeles-times-book-prize-biography-winner-and-nominees/ . live .
  23. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-01 . Awards Archive . en-US . 2022-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220301025328/https://www.awardsarchive.com/2009-los-angeles-times-book-prize-biography-winner-and-nominees/ . live .
  24. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-01 . Awards Archive . en-US . 2022-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220301025332/https://www.awardsarchive.com/2010-los-angeles-times-book-prize-biography-winner-and-nominees/ . live .
  25. Web site: Boog . Jason . 2011-05-01 . Jennifer Egan Wins 2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction . 2022-03-09 . Galley Cat . en-US . 2022-03-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220309203847/https://www.adweek.com/galleycat/jennifer-egan-wins-2010-los-angeles-times-book-prize-for-fiction/30021 . live .
  26. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-01 . Awards Archive . en-US . 2022-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220301025336/https://www.awardsarchive.com/2011-los-angeles-times-book-prize-biography-winner-and-nominees/ . live .
  27. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-01 . Awards Archive . en-US . 2022-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220301025335/https://www.awardsarchive.com/2012-los-angeles-times-book-prize-biography-winner-and-nominees/ . live .
  28. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 2013 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-01 . Awards Archive . en-US . 2022-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220301025330/https://www.awardsarchive.com/2013-los-angeles-times-book-prize-biography-winner-and-nominees/ . live .
  29. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 2014 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-01 . Awards Archive . en-US . 2022-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220301012325/https://www.awardsarchive.com/2014-los-angeles-times-book-prize-biography-winner-and-nominees/ . live .
  30. Web site: 35th Annual Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalists Announced . 2022-03-09 . Los Angeles Public Library . en . 2021-09-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210904184548/https://lapl.org/collections-resources/blogs/lapl/los-angeles-times-book-prize-finalists-announced-0 . live .
  31. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-01 . Awards Archive . en-US . 2022-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220301012320/https://www.awardsarchive.com/2015-los-angeles-times-book-prize-biography-winner-and-nominees/ . live .
  32. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-01 . Awards Archive . en-US . 2022-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220301011254/https://www.awardsarchive.com/2016-los-angeles-times-book-prize-biography-winner-and-nominees/ . live .
  33. Web site: 2020-03-25 . 2017 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees . 2022-03-01 . Awards Archive . en-US . 2022-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220301010746/https://www.awardsarchive.com/2017-los-angeles-times-book-prize-biography-winner-and-nominees/ . live .
  34. Web site: Gates . Carrie . 2018-04-30 . English professor Laura Dassow Walls wins Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Thoreau biography . 2022-03-09 . College of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame . en . 2022-05-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220520042924/https://al.nd.edu/news/latest-news/english-professor-laura-dassow-walls-wins-los-angeles-times-book-prize-for-thoreau-biography/ . live .
  35. Web site: 2018 Los Angeles Times Book Prize . 2022-02-28 . David W. Blight . en-US . 2022-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220228205246/http://www.davidwblight.com/public-history/2019/4/20/2018-los-angeles-times-book-prize . live .
  36. Web site: Schaub . Michael . 2019-02-20 . L.A. Times Book Prize finalists include Michelle Obama and Susan Orlean; Terry Tempest Williams receives lifetime achievement award . 2022-02-28 . Los Angeles Times . 2022-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220228210752/https://www.latimes.com/books/la-et-jc-la-times-book-prize-finalists-20190220-story.html . live .
  37. Web site: Harvey . Samantha . 2020-04-20 . Awards: Los Angeles Times Book Winners . 2022-02-28 . Shelf Awareness . 2022-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220228212456/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3721 . live .
  38. Web site: Boog . Jason . 2020-04-17 . Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Revealed on Twitter . 2022-03-09 . PublishersWeekly.com . en . 2021-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210228162115/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/83085-los-angeles-times-book-prizes-revealed-on-twitter.html . live .
  39. Web site: LA Times 2019 Book Prizes . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200423184507/https://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/bookprizes-2019/ . 2020-04-23 . 2020-05-07 . Festival of Books . en-US.
  40. Web site: Yee . Katie . 2020-02-19 . The L.A. Times announces its 2019 Book Prize finalists and a new award for science fiction. . 2022-02-28 . Literary Hub . en-US . 2022-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220228185338/https://lithub.com/the-l-a-times-announces-its-2019-book-prize-finalists-and-a-new-award-for-science-fiction/ . live .
  41. Web site: 2019 Book Prize Winners & Finalists . https://web.archive.org/web/20200423184507/https://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/bookprizes-2019/ . 2020-04-23 . 2022-02-28 . Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.
  42. Web site: Book Prize Winners for 2020 . 2022-02-28 . Festival of Books . en-US . 2022-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220228185252/https://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/bookprize-winners-2020/ . live .
  43. Web site: Pineda . Dorany . 2021-04-17 . Winners of the 2020 L.A. Times Book Prizes announced . 2021-04-17 . Los Angeles Times . en-US . 2021-04-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210417011609/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-04-16/winners-of-the-2020-l-a-times-book-prizes-announced . live .
  44. Web site: Saka . Rasheeda . 2021-03-02 . Here are the finalists for the 2020–21 L.A. Times Book Prize. . 2022-02-28 . Literary Hub . en-US . 2022-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220228185316/https://lithub.com/here-are-the-finalists-for-the-2020-21-l-a-times-book-prize/ . live .
  45. Web site: 2022-04-22 . Rep. Adam Schiff, Véronique Tadjo and Paul Auster among winners of the L.A. Times Book Prizes . Dorany . Pineda . 2023-05-27 . Los Angeles Times . en-US . 2023-05-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230527043517/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2022-04-22/veronique-tadjo-diane-seuss-adam-schiff-among-winners-of-the-l-a-times-book-prizes . live .
  46. Web site: 2023-04-22 . Los Angeles Times Book Prizes winners announced . 2023-04-26 . Los Angeles Times . en-US . 2024-05-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240511012735/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-04-21/los-angeles-times-book-prizes-winners-announced . live .
  47. Web site: 2024-04-19 . L.A. Times Book Prize winners named in a ceremony filled with support for USC valedictorian Asna Tabassum . 2024-04-22 . Los Angeles Times . Jessica . Gelt . en-US . 2024-04-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240421231547/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2024-04-19/la-times-book-prizes-winners-2024 . live .
  48. Web site: Schaub . Michael . 2024-04-22 . Winners of the ‘LA Times’ Book Prizes Are Revealed . 2024-05-28 . . en . 2024-05-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240515195706/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/winners-of-the-la-times-book-prizes-are-revealed-2/ . live .