2005 Quill Award Winners Announced

The winners of the first annual Quill Awards have been announced. The Quill Awards are a new reader's choice book award created by Reed Business Information and NBC. Readers were able to vote online for their favorite books. The awards were presented at a ceremony at Pier Sixty in New York City with celebrities and authors as presenters, including Kim Cattrall, Candace Bushnell, Erica Jong, Dave Barry and Matthew Modine. The televised awards show hosted by Brian Williams will be shown on NBC on October 22, 2005. Here is a list of the 2005 Quill Award Winners:

Book of the Year: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPre (Arthur Levine/Scholastic)

Debut Author of the Year: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (Little Brown)

Audio Book: America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by Jon Stewart and the Writers of the Daily Show (Time Warner AudioBooks)

Children's Illustrated Book: Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook by Shel Silverstein (HarperCollins)

Children's Chapter Book/Middle Grade: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPre (Arthur Levine/Scholastic)

Young Adult/Teen: Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares (Delacorte Press)

General Fiction: The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd (Viking Press)

Graphic Novel: Marvel 1602 Volume I by Neil Gaiman, Andy Kubert, and Richard Isanove (Marvel Comics)

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller: Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Press)

Poetry: Let America Be America Again: And Other Poems by Langston Hughes (Vintage Books)

Romance: 44 Cranberry Point by Debbie Macomber (Mira Books)

Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror: The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore (William Morrow & Company)

Religion/Spirituality: Peace is the Way: Bringing War and Violence to an End by Deepak Chopra (Harmony)

Biography/Memoir: Chronicles: Volume One by Bob Dylan (Simon & Schuster)

Business: Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (William Morrow & Company)

Cooking: Rachel Ray's 30-Minute Get Real Meals by Rachael Ray (Clarkson Potter)

Health/Self Improvement: He's Just Not That Into You by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo (Simon Spotlight Entertainment)

History/Current Events/Politics: 1776 by David McCullough (Simon & Schuster)

Humor: America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by Jon Stewart and the Writers of the Daily Show (Warner Books)

Sports: Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season by Stewart O'Nan and Stephen King (Scribner)