Nice to hear that Wilshire Boulevard: Grand Concourse of Los Angeles (link) is a finalist for the Southern California Booksellers Association 2006 Book Awards. Especially nice to be included in this group: Barkley: A Dog’s Journey by Al Martinez, Laurel Canyon: The Inside Story of Rock-and-Roll’s Legendary Neighborhood by Michael Walker, L. A. Noir: The City as Character by Alain Silver & James Ursini and Mexican Days: Journeys Into the Heart of Mexico by Tony Cohan are also nominated in non-fiction. The nominees in fiction, mystery and children's books include LA Observed contributor Denise Hamilton for Prisoner of Memory: A Novel, Tod Goldberg's Simplify and Carolyn See for There Will Never Be Another You: A Novel. Full list.
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