Tommy Orange’s ‘There There’ named a Carnegie Medal finalist

Tommy Orange’s ‘There There’ named a Carnegie Medal finalist

NEW YORK

Tommy Orange, whose debut novel “There There” is among the year’s most acclaimed books, is a finalist for the Andrew Carnegie Medal.

The American Library Association, which presents the award, announced nominees Wednesday for fiction and nonfiction. Other fiction works cited were Rebecca Makkai’s “The Great Believers” and Esi Edugyan’s “Washington Black.” Nonfiction finalists were Kiese Laymon’s “Heavy: An American Memoir,” Francisco Cantu’s “The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border” and Beth Macy’s “Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America.”

B&N to host author

BOARDMAN

Award-winning author Nancy Christie will have a book signing featuring “Rut-Busting Book for Writers” at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 381 Boardman Poland Road, at 1 p.m. Nov. 17.

Staff/wire reports