2010 Winners and Honors

2010 Author Winner

book cover of Bad News for Outlaws

"Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal,” written by Vaunda Michaeux Nelson, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, and published by Carolrhoda Books, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.

2010 Illustrator Winner

Book cover of My People

"My People,” illustrated by Charles R. Smith, Jr., written by Langston Hughes, and published by ginee seo books, Atheheum Books for Young Readers.

2010 Author Honor Titles

Book cover of Mare's War

“Mare's War” written by Tanita S. Davis, and published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc.

2010 Illustrator Honor Titles

Book cover of The Negro Speaks of Rivers

“The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” illustrated by E.B. Lewis, written by Langston Hushes, and published by Disney - Jump at the Sun Books, an imprint of Disney Book Group.

John Steptoe New Talent Author Award Winner

Book cover of The Rock and the River

“The Rock and the River,” written by Kekla Magoon, and published by Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division.

2010 Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement (inaugural year)

Walter Dean Myers