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April 26, 2005

Willa Awards Book List

The Willa Awards are given annually by Women Writing the West. They are awarded in several categories, including Contemporary Fiction and Historical Fiction, for outstanding literature featuring women's stories.

2004 Contemporary Fiction
Ruth Ozeki. All Over Creation
A dramatic story of a prodigal daughter's homecoming to a heartland of genetically modified crops.

2004 Historical Fiction
Ann Parker. Silver Lies
As 1879 draws to a close, this Rocky Mountain boomtown has infected the world with silver fever. It's not much different than the dot.com mania or the corporate scams that heat up over a century later. Unfortunately for Joe Rose, a precious-metals assayer, death stakes its own claim. Joe's body is found trampled into the muck behind Inez Stannert's saloon.