Six books by authors from around the state have been named winners of the 2007 Washington State Book Awards.

The winner of the state fiction award is "The Dead Fish Museum," a short story collection by Charles D'Ambrosio. The writer is a Seattle native who now lives in Portland.

Finalists in the fiction category are: "The Littlest Hitler," a story collection by Ryan Boudinot of Seattle; "The Inhabited World," a novel by David Long of Tacoma; and "The Zero," a novel by Jess Walter of Spokane. Walter's book was a finalist for the National Book Award.

The state poetry winner is "Spectral Waves" by Madeline DeFrees of Seattle.

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Finalists in the poetry category are: "Famous" by Kathleen Flenniken of Seattle; "Dear Ghosts" by Tess Gallagher of Port Angeles; "Dark Alphabet" by Jennifer Maier of Seattle; and "Potscrubber Lullabies" by Eric McHenry of Seattle.

The winner of the state book award in history/biography is "James Tiptee Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon" by Julie Phillips, who was a state resident when the book was written but now lives in Amsterdam.

Finalists in the history/biography category are: "Under a Flaming Sky" by Daniel James Brown of Redmond; "Room Full of Mirrors" by Charles Cross of Shoreline; "Pilgrim on the Bird Continent" by Lyanda Lynn Haupt of Seattle; "Lincoln's Melancholy" by Joshua Wolf Shenk, now of Brooklyn, N.Y.

The winner of the state book award in general non-fiction is "River of Memory: The Everlasting Columbia" by William D. Layman of Wenatchee.

Two books will receive Scandiuzzi Children's Book Awards. In children's books, the winner is "Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant" by Jack Prelutsky of Bainbridge Island, with illustrations by Carin Berger of New York City. In young adult books, the winner is "Grand & Humble" by Brent Hartinger of Tacoma.

The finalist in children's books is "Moose Tracks" by Karma Wilson of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, with illustrations by Jack E. Davis of Port Townsend. The finalists in young adult books are "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson of Kenmore and "Voyage of Plunder" by Michele Torrey of South Bend.

Winners of the state book awards receive a $1,000 honorarium from the Seattle Public Library Foundation and Eulalie and Carlo Scandiuzzi.

The winners will be feted at a gala joint reading at 7 p.m., Oct. 17, in the auditorium of the Seattle Central Library. The program is free and includes a reception after the ceremony.

This is the 41st year of the state program, originally called the Governor's Writers Awards.
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