The Plutarch Award Finalists for 2017
Here are the finalists for the 2017 Plutarch Award, honoring the best biography published in 2016, listed in alphabetical order by title. The winner will be announced on May 20 at the Eighth Annual BIO Conference at Emerson College in Boston.
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- Guilty Thing: A Life of Thomas De Quincey by Frances Wilson
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- Hitler: Ascent, 1889-1939 by Volker Ullrich
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- Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams by Louisa Thomas
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- Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin
BIO PLUTARCH AWARD COMMITTEE MEMBERS, 2017:
Cathy Curtis
Deirdre David
John Farrell (Chair)
Anne C. Heller
Linda Leavell
John Matteson
Hans Renders
David O. Stewart
Will Swift
Amanda Vaill
