Established in 1950, the National Book Award is an American literary prize administered by the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization.
THE 2013 WINNERS:
FICTION WINNER:
James McBride, The Good Lord Bird (Riverhead Books/Penguin Group USA) – Interview >
NON-FICTION WINNER:
George Packer, The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)  – Interview >
POETRY WINNER:
Mary Szybist, Incarnadine: Poems (Graywolf Press) – Interview >
YOUNG ADULT WINNER:
Cynthia Kadohata, The Thing About Luck (Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster) – Interview >
http://new.livestream.com/TheNewSchool/nbareading2013/videos/35211365