The 2009 awards were presented during BookExpo America on May 28, at the Javits Center in New York City. Congratulations to the winners!

Best Biography -

Crazy Loco Love - Victor Villaseñor - Arte Público Press

2ND Place: The Last Supper of Chicano Heroes - José Antonio Burciaga - University of Arizona Press

2ND Place: Paths to Discovery - Norma E. Cantú - Chicano Studies Research Center Press (UCLA)

Honorable Mention: Take Me With You: A Memoir - Carlos Frias - Atria Books/Simon & Schuster

Best History/Political Book -

No Greater Love: The Lives and Times of Hispanic Soldiers - Major General Freddie Valenzuela, with Jason Lemons - Ovation Books

Best Cookbook -

Latin Evolution - Jose Garces - Lake Isle Press, Inc.

Best Self-help Book -

The Barefoot Shoeshine Boy - Al Rivera – Author House

2ND Place: I Love You. Now What? Falling in Love is a Mystery. Keeping it Isn’t - Mabel Iam – Atria Books/Simon & Schuster

2ND Place: Family Activism: Empowering Your Community Beginning with Family and Friends - Roberto Vargas – Bennett-Koehler Publishers

Honorable Mention: The Latino’s Guide to Parenting - Suzanne Moreno - Ed-Ventures Publishing Co.

Best Novel – Adventure or Drama - English

Brida - Paulo Coelho - Harper Collins

2ND Place: The Flowers - Dagoberto Gilb - Grove Press

Honorable Mention: If I Die In Juárez - Stella Pope Duarte - University of Arizona Press

Best Novel – Historical Fiction -

Alejandro and the Fishermen of Tancay - Braulio Muñoz - University of Arizona Press

2ND Place: Valfierno: The Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa - Martin Caparros - Atria Books/Simon & Schuster

Best Novel – Mystery -

The Case Runner - Carlos Cisneros - Arte Público Press

2ND Place: The Paris Enigma - Pablo de Santos - Harper Collins

Honorable Mention: Gunmetal Black - Daniel Serrano - Grand Central Publishing

Full list available here: lbff.us