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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
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Gay Allen Wilson
The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House (Seymour M. Hersh)
The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House
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Seymour M. Hersh
The Nightmare of Reason: A Life of Franz Kafka (Ernst Pawel)
The Nightmare of Reason: A Life of Franz Kafka
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Ernst Pawel
Solzhenitsyn (Michael Scammell)
Solzhenitsyn
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Michael Scammell
Alexander Pope: A Life (Maynard MacK)
Alexander Pope: A Life
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Maynard MacK
Hemingway (Kenneth S. Lynn)
Hemingway
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Kenneth S. Lynn
Nora: The Real Life of Molly Bloom (Brenda Maddox)
Nora: The Real Life of Molly Bloom
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Brenda Maddox
This Boy's Life: A Memoir (Tobias Wolff)
This Boy's Life: A Memoir
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Tobias Wolff
A First-Class Temperment (Geoffrey Ward)
A First-Class Temperment
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Geoffrey Ward
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
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T. H. Watkins
Eleanor Roosevelt (Blanche Wiesen Cook)
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Blanche Wiesen Cook
Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer (John MacK Faragher)
Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer
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John MacK Faragher
Shot in the Heart (Mikal Gilmore)
Shot in the Heart
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Mikal Gilmore
Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949 (Doris Lessing)
Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949
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Doris Lessing
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
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Frank McCourt
Whittaker Chambers: A Biography (Sam Tanenhaus)
Whittaker Chambers: A Biography
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Sam Tanenhaus
Lindbergh (A. Scott Berg)
Lindbergh
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A. Scott Berg
Secrets of the Flesh
Secrets of the Flesh
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Jefferson Davis, American (William J. Cooper, Jr.)
Jefferson Davis, American
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William J. Cooper, Jr.
Theodore Rex (Edmund Morris)
Theodore Rex
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Edmund Morris
Master of the Senate (Robert A. Caro)
Master of the Senate
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Robert A. Caro
American Empire: Roosevelt's Geographer and the Prelude to Globalization (Neil Smith)
American Empire: Roosevelt's Geographer and the Prelude to Globalization
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Neil Smith
De Kooning: An American Master (Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan)
De Kooning: An American Master
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Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan
Matisse the Master (Hilary Spurling)
Matisse the Master
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Hilary Spurling
Walt Disney the Biography (Neal Gabler)
Walt Disney the Biography
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Neal Gabler
Young Stalin (Simon Sebag Montefiore)
Young Stalin
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Simon Sebag Montefiore
Ida: A Sword Among Lions (Paula J.Giddings)
Ida: A Sword Among Lions
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Paula J.Giddings
Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits (Linda Gordon)
Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits
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Linda Gordon
Unbroken (Laura Hillenbrand)
Unbroken
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Laura Hillenbrand
Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned (John A. Farrell)
Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned
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John A. Farrell
The Passage of Power (Robert A. Caro)
The Passage of Power
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Robert A. Caro
Bolivar: American Liberator (Marie Arana)
Bolivar: American Liberator
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Marie Arana
Napoleon: A Life
Napoleon: A Life
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Listening to Stone (Hayden Herrerra)
Listening to Stone
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Hayden Herrerra
Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939 (Volker Ullrich)
Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939
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Volker Ullrich
Henry David Thoreau - A Life (Laura Dassow Walls)
Henry David Thoreau - A Life
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Laura Dassow Walls
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (David W. Blight)
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
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David W. Blight
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