The act of not naming
a Pulitzer winner in the fiction category caused a bit a drama last year. There's nothing like discussing the great Pulitzer novel to get book
buzz flowing and cash registers ringing, but 2012 saw none of that glory. Book sellers were upset, independent
bookstore owners were disappointed, and authors were...hmmm, disheartened. But the woes of
2012 are finally behind us, because 2013 has a winner, and his name was
announced today:
NONFICTION – by Gilbert King -DEVIL IN THE GROVE:
Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America