Full Court Quest wins Montana Book Award

Published: March 24, 2009

Full Court Quest by Linda Peavey and Ursula Smith won this year’s Montana Book Award, which recognizes literary or artistic achievement in a book that is set in the state, deals with Montana themes or issues, or is written or illustrated by someone who lives in Montana.

The four honor books selected by the Montana Book Award Committee are:

• Freeman Walker, a novel by David Allen Cates;

• Montana: Stories of the Land, a history of the state by Krys Holmes;

• Requiem for Locusts, a novel by Wendy Parciak; and

• Saving Homewaters, a book about water restoration and conservation issues by Gordon Sullivan.

Presentations and a reception with the winning authors are slated for April 23 during the Montana Library Association Conference in Kalispell.

The award was founded in 2002 and recipients are selected by a committe of individuals from throughout the state. Visit http://www.montanabookaward.org.