2016 National Book Critics Circle Award – Biography Winner and Nominees

The Winner and Nominees for the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award - Biography book award.

2016 National Book Critics Circle Award – Biography Winner

Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life

Ruth Franklin

Instantly heralded for its “masterful” and “thrilling” portrayal (Boston Globe), Shirley Jackson reveals the tumultuous life and inner darkness of the literary genius behind such classics as “The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill House. In this “remarkable…

2016 National Book Critics Circle Award – Biography Shortlist

Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary
Joe Jackson
Guilty Thing: A Life of Thomas De Quincey
Frances Wilson
Krazy: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White
Michael Tisserand
Moscow Nights: The Van Cliburn Story
Nigel Cliff
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