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Virginia Mathews

After leaving the National Book Committee, she worked for the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress.



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Lindsay Barrett George

This book also received selection as the Baker's Dozen Best Book for Family Literacy from the Pennsylvania Center for the Book in 2004.

Townsend Prize for Fiction

The Townsend Prize for Fiction is awarded biennially (that is, every two years) to a writer from the U.S. state of Georgia for the best novel published during those years, by the Georgia Center for the Book and The Chattahoochee Review at Georgia Perimeter College, which assumed sponsorship of the award in 1997 from Georgia State University.