Who were the winners of the 2010 Pulitzer Prizes?”
The winners for the Pulitzer Prizes and all finalists have been announced. There were prizes awarded in all five book categories. Biography winner: “The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt” by T.J Stiles. Finalists: “Cheever: A Life” by Blake Bailey and “Woodrow Wilson: A Biography” by John Milton Cooper Jr. Fiction winner: “Tinkers” by Paul Harding. Finalists: “Love in Infant Monkeys” by Lydia Millet and “In Other Rooms, Other Wonders” by Daniyal Mueenuddin. Nonfiction winner: “The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy” by David E. Hoffman. Finalists: “How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities” by John Cassidy and “The Evolution of God” by Robert Wright. Poetry winner: “Versed” by Rae Armantrout. Finalists: “Tryst” by Angie Estes and “Inseminating the Elephant” by Lucia Perillo. History winner: “Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World” by Liaquat Ahamed. Finalists: “Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’
The 2010 Pulitzer Prize winners Details on the 2010 Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism: PUBLIC SERVICE: Bristol (Va.) Herald Courier Herald Courier reporter Daniel Gilbert was honored for illuminating the mismanagement of natural-gas royalties owed to thousands of land owners in southwestern Virginia. His eight-part series and subsequent stories traced why $24 million in royalties were parked in escrow. Gilbert spent part of 13 months reporting the complex story while handling daily assignments as one of seven staff writers at a 30,000-circulation daily. His findings have so far prompted two major energy conglomerates to pay more than $700,000 in outstanding royalties. “It’s why newspapers will continue to survive in some form,” said Herald Courier Editor J. Todd Foster. “Nobody else is going to do this sort of reporting.” ——— BREAKING NEWS REPORTING: The Seattle Times staff The Times staff won for reporting on the shooting deaths of four police officers in a coffee house and the 40-hour m
