1. RRIIOETN ONCTINAHW (book)
    RSAEHLC UY (author)
    Clue: This novel was written partly in the form of a screenplay and was a National Book Award winner for Fiction.
  2. SELS
    EDNWAR SAEN ERREG
    Clue: This book may be about a failed novelist, but the author won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the laugh-out-loud story.
  3. AABBRIANR SADY
    LAIIWLM NNNAEFGI
    Clue: The Pulitzer Prize winner for Biography is about the author’s life, including his dedication to surfing.
  4. AOEYVG FO ETH SBEAL NVUES
    NBOIR SOCTE WLSEI
    Clue: This debut collection won the National Book Award for Poetry.
  5. OLCLNOIOASPT OEVL EOPM
    TIALNAE ZIDA
    Clue: Written by a former professional basketball player in Europe and Asia, this book won a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
  6. OWH CMHU FO SEETH LSIHL IS LGDO
    C AMP HZGNA
    Clue: This novel won the California Book Award for First Fiction and the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Adult Fiction and was long-listed for the Booker Prize. It was also on Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of the Year list in 2020.
  7. TYSA ERTU
    AHU USH
    Clue: The Pulitzer Prize winner for Memoir or Autobiography is about the author’s experiences while an undergraduate at UC Berkeley.
  8. HET ORTEH ECAANISMR
    ALLIA MAALIL
    Clue: This book was a finalist for both the National Book Award for Fiction and the Kirkus Prize for Fiction. It is also one of Time magazine’s 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time.
  9. EHT LLUSEOT
    ALPU AYTEBT
    Clue: This book was the first by an American novelist to win the Booker Prize.
  10. TEH RNOSGATUA
    IGAMGE LNESON
    Clue: The winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism is about an unconventional love story.
  11. EEHLNPTOE
    APLRCVEI VEERTET
    Clue: A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, this book was simultaneously published in three versions featuring variations both small and large.
  12. TEH OWAMN RAROWIR
    XIMANE OHGN NOGKSTIN
    Clue: This winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction fuses autobiography, family history, and Chinese folktales.

This puzzle appears in Issue 28 of Alta Journal.
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