Rowling, King Win New Awards; People's Choice Book Award Tries to Get the Public More Interested in Book Prizes

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › October 15, 2005

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NEW YORK (AP) - J.K. Rowling, Jon Stewart and Stephen King were among the winners Tuesday night of the first annual Quills Awards, people's choice book prizes better known so far to the industry than to the public.

Rowling, author of the multimillion-selling Harry Potter books, won for book of the year and best children's chapter book for "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."

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Rowling, King Win New Awards; People's Choice Book Award Tries to Get the Public More Interested in Book Prizes

"You've made a sleep-deprived mother very happy," Rowling, mother of a baby girl, said in a videotaped acc...

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