The winning authors receive $10,000, and three books were honored:

The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation’s Neglect of a Deadly Disease by Daisy Hernández The Radiant Lives of Animals by Linda Hogan In the Field: A Novel by Rachel Pastan

You can find out more about the award and this year’s winners at AP News. Find more news and stories of interest from the book world in Breaking in Books.