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04/03/2005
Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Awards

Heaven Lake
Heaven Lake by John Dalton and Name all the Animals by Alison Smith won the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Awards on Wednesday night.

Heaven Lake a debut novel about an American missionary who learns unexpected lessons in Taiwan and mainland China, received the fiction prize. Name all the Animals a memoir about a woman's late brother won the nonfiction prize.

Each author received $10,000 and a year of promotion at Barnes & Noble stores and the superstore chain's online retailer, Barnes & Noble.com.

Past winners include best sellers The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier.



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