2020 Winners

2020 Florida Book Award Winners

Young Children's Literature

Queen of Tejano Music: Selena
By: Silvia Lopez
 Gold
Feliz New Year, Ava Gabriela!
By: Alexandra Alessandri
Silver

Older Children's Literature

Beastly Bionics: Rad Robots, Brilliant Biomimicry, and Incredible Inventions Inspired by Nature
By: Jennifer Swanson
 Gold
The Mathematical Investigations of Dr. O and Arya
By: Arya Okten, Giray Okten
Silver
DRAGONFLIES: Water Angels and Brilliant Bioindicators
By: Marta Magellan
Bronze

Cooking

My Life in Gluttony: A Culinary Adventure
By: Jeffrey Spear
 Gold

General Nonfiction

PHARMA: Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America
By: Gerald Posner
 Gold
Black Panther in Exile: The Pete O'Neal Story
By: Paul J. Magnarella
Silver
Still Invisible?: Examining America's Black Male Crisis
By: Elvin J. Dowling
Bronze

Florida Nonfiction

The Governors of Florida
By: R. Boyd Murphree, Robert A. Taylor
 Gold
Florida's Healing Waters: Gilded Age Mineral Springs, Seaside Resorts, and Health Spas
By: Rick Kilby
Silver
Jacksonville and the Roots of Southern Rock
By: Michael Ray FitzGerald
Bronze

Poetry

Love Song to the Demon-Possessed Pigs of Gadara
By: William Fargason
 Gold
Earnest, Earnest?
By: Eleanor Boudreau
Silver
Sacrificial Metal
By: Esther Lee
Bronze

Popular Fiction

Assassin's Strike
By: Ward Larsen
 Gold
Shadow Ridge
By: M.E. Browning
Silver
The Key Lime Crime
By: Lucy Burdette
Bronze

Spanish-Language

Parece una república
By: Francisco Larios
 Gold
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By: María Cristina Fernández
Silver
Tres semillas de granada. Ensayos desde el inframundo
By: Rose Mary Salum
Bronze

Visual Arts

Captivated: The Art of Ikki Matsumoto
By: Steve Saari
 Gold

Young Adult Literature

It's My Life
By: Stacie Ramey
 Gold
Dog Girl
By: Gabi Justice
Silver
Camper Girl
By: Glenn Erick Miller
Bronze