Prizes!

Wordcandy-approved author M.T. Anderson won the National Book Prize for Young People's Literature yesterday, for his book The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume One: The Pox Party. (Charming title, Mr. Anderson.) While this isn't the book we would have chosen, it's always heartening to see the authors we like receiving the recognition they deserve. Congratulations!