The finalists for the L.A. Times Book Prizes 2022 were announced on Wednesday, February 22, 2022. The Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were founded in 1980 by Art Seidenbaum, a Los Angeles Times book editor from 1978 to 1985. They are awarded annually in Best Biography, Best Current Interest winner, Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, Best Graphic Novel/Comics, Best History, Best mystery/thriller, Best Poetry, Best Science & Technology, and the Ray Bradbury Prize. In the following year, Deesha Philyaw, Isabel Wilkerson, David Diop, as well as Ibi Zoboi, and Dr. Yusef Salaam won in their categories. Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa, His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 27, 2023 19:45 UTC