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The Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography (1981-2018)

Since 1980, the Los Angeles Times has awarded a set of annual book prizes. The Prizes currently have nine categories: biography, current interest, fiction, first fiction (the Art Seidenbaum Award added in 1991), history, mystery/thriller (category added in 2000), poetry, science and technology (category added in 1989), and young adult fiction (category added in 1998).
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Mornings on Horseback
Mornings on Horseback
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Waldo Emerson: A Biography (Gay Allen Wilson)
Waldo Emerson: A Biography (Gay Allen Wilson)
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The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House (Seymour M. Hersh)
The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House (Seymour M. Hersh)
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The Nightmare of Reason: A Life of Franz Kafka (Ernst Pawel)
The Nightmare of Reason: A Life of Franz Kafka (Ernst Pawel)
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Solzhenitsyn (Michael Scammell)
Solzhenitsyn (Michael Scammell)
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Alexander Pope: A Life (Maynard MacK)
Alexander Pope: A Life (Maynard MacK)
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Hemingway (Kenneth S. Lynn)
Hemingway (Kenneth S. Lynn)
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Nora: The Real Life of Molly Bloom (Brenda Maddox)
Nora: The Real Life of Molly Bloom (Brenda Maddox)
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This Boy's Life: A Memoir (Tobias Wolff)
This Boy's Life: A Memoir (Tobias Wolff)
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A First-Class Temperment (Geoffrey Ward)
A First-Class Temperment (Geoffrey Ward)
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Righteous Pilgrim: The Life and Times of Harold L. Ickes, 1874-1952 (T. H. Watkins)
Righteous Pilgrim: The Life and Times of Harold L. Ickes, 1874-1952 (T. H. Watkins)
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Eleanor Roosevelt (Blanche Wiesen Cook)
Eleanor Roosevelt (Blanche Wiesen Cook)
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Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer (John MacK Faragher)
Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer (John MacK Faragher)
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Shot in the Heart (Mikal Gilmore)
Shot in the Heart (Mikal Gilmore)
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Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949 (Doris Lessing)
Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949 (Doris Lessing)
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Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
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Whittaker Chambers: A Biography (Sam Tanenhaus)
Whittaker Chambers: A Biography (Sam Tanenhaus)
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Lindbergh (A. Scott Berg)
Lindbergh (A. Scott Berg)
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Secrets of the Flesh
Secrets of the Flesh
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Jefferson Davis, American (William J. Cooper, Jr.)
Jefferson Davis, American (William J. Cooper, Jr.)
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Theodore Rex (Edmund Morris)
Theodore Rex (Edmund Morris)
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Master of the Senate (Robert A. Caro)
Master of the Senate (Robert A. Caro)
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American Empire: Roosevelt's Geographer and the Prelude to Globalization (Neil Smith)
American Empire: Roosevelt's Geographer and the Prelude to Globalization (Neil Smith)
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De Kooning: An American Master (Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan)
De Kooning: An American Master (Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan)
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Matisse the Master (Hilary Spurling)
Matisse the Master (Hilary Spurling)
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Walt Disney the Biography (Neal Gabler)
Walt Disney the Biography (Neal Gabler)
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Young Stalin (Simon Sebag Montefiore)
Young Stalin (Simon Sebag Montefiore)
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Ida: A Sword Among Lions (Paula J.Giddings)
Ida: A Sword Among Lions (Paula J.Giddings)
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Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits (Linda Gordon)
Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits (Linda Gordon)
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Unbroken (Laura Hillenbrand)
Unbroken (Laura Hillenbrand)
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Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned (John A. Farrell)
Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned (John A. Farrell)
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The Passage of Power (Robert A. Caro)
The Passage of Power (Robert A. Caro)
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Bolivar: American Liberator (Marie Arana)
Bolivar: American Liberator (Marie Arana)
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Napoleon: A Life
Napoleon: A Life
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Listening to Stone (Hayden Herrerra)
Listening to Stone (Hayden Herrerra)
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Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939 (Volker Ullrich)
Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939 (Volker Ullrich)
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Henry David Thoreau - A Life (Laura Dassow Walls)
Henry David Thoreau - A Life (Laura Dassow Walls)
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Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (David W. Blight)
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (David W. Blight)
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