Here are the 2023 Washington State Book Award nominees

Nominations for the 57th annual Washington State Book Awards were announced Tuesday, with the nominees featuring a number of Seattle-area writers. Formerly called the Governor's Writers Awards, the awards honor Washington state writers for books published in 2022, and are presented by the Washington Center for the Book and chosen by a panel of librarians, authors and independent booksellers. Below are the 30 finalists in seven categories; winners will be announced Sept. 26. Adult Categories Creative Nonfiction/Memoir 'Fearlessly Different' by Mickey Rowe of Seattle (Rowman & Littlefield) 'Ma and Me: A Memoir' by Putsata Reang of Seattle (Farrar, Straus and Giroux/MCD) 'Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk' by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe of Tacoma (Counterpoint Press) 'Where the Language Lives: Vi Hilbert and the Gift of Lushootseed' by Janet Yoder of Seattle (Girl Friday Books) Fiction 'The Angel of Rome and Other Stories' by Jess Walter of Spokane (HarperCollins) 'The Final Case' by David Guterson of Bainbridge Island (Alfred A.