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Ottawa Book Award and Prix du livre d'Ottawa is a Canadian literary award presented by the City of Ottawa to the best English and French language books written in the previous year by a living author residing in Ottawa. There are four awards each year: English fiction and non-fiction ; French fiction and non-fiction. As of 2011 the four prize winners receive $7,500 each and short-listed authors $1,000 each. The award was founded in 1986. In its earlier years it was named the Ottawa-Carleton Book Awards.

Winners
Fiction (1986-1990) • 1987 - John Metcalf, Adult Entertainment • 1989 - Maurice Henrie, La Chambre à mourir Non-fiction (1986-1990) • 1986 - Joan Finnigan, Legacies, Legends and Lies and Jean Bruce, Back the Attack! : Canadian Women During the Second World War • 1988 - Patricia Morley, Kurelek: A Biography • 1990 - Roy MacGregor, Chief: The Fearless Vision of Billy Diamond English fiction (1991-present) • 1991 - Rita Donovan, Dark Jewels • 1995 - John Barton, Notes Towards a Family Tree and Frances Itani, Man Without Face • 1997 - Patrick Kavanagh, Gaff Topsails • 1999 - Alan Cumyn, Man of Bone • 2001 - Alan Cumyn, Burridge Unbound • 2003 - Brian Doyle, Mary Ann Alice • 2004 - Elizabeth Hay, Garbo Laughs • 2005 - Frances Itani, Poached Egg on Toast • 2006 - John-James Ford, Bonk on the Head and John Geddes, The Sundog Season • 2007 - Janet Lunn, ''A Rebel's Daughter'' • 2008 - Elizabeth Hay, Late Nights on Air • 2009 - Andrew Steinmetz, Eva’s Threepenny Theatre • 2010 - Craig Poile, True Concessions • 2011 - Gabriella Goliger, Girl Unwrapped • 2012 - Jamieson Findlay, The Summer of Permanent Wants • 2013 - Missy Marston, The Love Monster • 2014 - David O'Meara, A Pretty Sight • 2015 - Scott Randall, And to Say Hello • 2016 - Nadine McInnis, Delirium for Solo Harp • 2017 - John Metcalf, The Museum at the End of the World • 2018 - Shane Rhodes, Dead White Men • 2019 - Kagiso Lesego Molope, This Book Betrays My Brother • 2020 - Henry Beissel, Footprints of Dark Energy • 2021 - Conyer Clayton, We Shed Our Skin Like Dynamite • 2022 - David O'Meara, Masses on Radar • 2023 - Jean Van Loon, Nuclear Family • 2024 - Sandra Ridley, Vixen English non-fiction (1991-present) • 1992 - John Sawatsky, Mulroney: The Politics of Ambition • 1994 - Penelope Williams, That Other Place: A Personal Account of Breast Cancer • 1996 - Clyde Sanger, Malcolm MacDonald: Bringing an End to Empire • 1998 - Isaac Vogelfanger, Red Tempest • 2000 - Roy MacGregor, A Life in the Bush: Lessons From My Father • 2002 - Anna Heilman, Never Far Away • 2004 - Madelaine Drohan, Making a Killing: How and Why Corporations Use Armed Force to Do Business • 2005 - Valerie Knowles, From Telegrapher to Titan: The Life of William C. Van Horne • 2006 - Heather Menzies, No Time: Stress and the Crisis of Modern Life • 2007 - Charlotte Gray, Reluctant Genius: The Passionate Life and Inventive Mind of Alexander Graham Bell • 2008 - Tim Cook, At the Sharp End: Canadians Fighting the Great War 1914-1916 • 2009 - Kerry Pither, Dark Days: The Story of Four Canadians Tortured in the Name of Fighting Terror • 2010 - Andrew Horrall, Bringing Art to Life: a Biography of Alan Jarvis • 2011 - Eric Enno Tamm, The Horse that Leaps Through Clouds • 2012 - Ruth B. Phillips, Museum Pieces: Toward the Indigenization of Canadian Museums • 2013 - Michael Petrou, Is This Your First War? Travels through the Post - 9/11 Islamic World • 2014 - Paul Wells, ''The Longer I'm Prime Minister: Stephen Harper and Canada, 2006'' • 2015 - Heather Menzies, Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good • 2016 - Tim Cook, Fight to the Finish: Canadians in the Second World War, 1944-1945 • 2017 - Charlotte Gray, The Promise of Canada: 150 Years - People and Ideas that Have Shaped our Country • 2018 - Roy MacGregor, Original Highways: Travelling the Great Rivers of Canada • 2019 - Tim Cook, The Secret History of Soldiers: How Canadians Survived the Great War • 2020 - Beverley McLachlin, Truth Be Told: My Journey Through Life and the Law • 2021 - Suzanne Evans, The Taste of Longing: Ethel Mulvany and Her Starving Prisoners of War Cookbook • 2022 - Fen Osler Hampson and Mike Blanchfield, The Two Michaels: Innocent Canadian Captives and High Stakes Espionage in the US-China Cyber War • 2023 - Tim Cook, Lifesavers and Body Snatchers: Medical Care and the Struggle for Survival in the Great War • 2024 - Huda Mukbil, Agent of Change: My life Fighting Terrorists, Spies and Institutional Racism French fiction (1991-present) • 1991 - Daniel Poliquin, Visions de Jude • 1993 - Maurice Henrie, Le Pont sur le temps and Gabrielle Poulin, Petites fugues pour une saison sèche • 1995 - Andrée Christensen, Noces d’ailleurs • 1997 - Maurice Henrie, Le Balcon dans le ciel • 1999 - Pierre Raphaël Pelletier, Il faut crier l’injure • 2001 - Nicole V. Champeau, Dans les pas de la louve and Michèle Matteau, Quatuor pour cordes sensibles • 2003 - Jean Mohsen Fahmy, ''Ibn Kaldoun: l'honneur et la disgrâce and Nancy Vickers, La Petite Vieille aux poupées'' • 2004 - Maurice Henrie, Mémoire Vive • 2005 - Maurice Henrie, Les roses et le verglas and Michel Thérien, L’aridité des fleuves • 2006 - Gilles Lacombe, Trafiquante de lumière • 2007 - Daniel Poliquin, La Kermesse • 2008 - Andrée Christensen, Depuis toujours, j’entendais la mer • 2009 - Margaret Michèle Cook, Chronos à sa table de travail • 2010 - Claire Rochon, Fragments de Sifnos • 2011 - not awarded • 2012 - Estelle Beauchamp, Un souffle venu de loin • 2013 - Marie-Josée Martin, Un jour, ils entendront mes silences • 2014 - not awarded • 2015 - Blaise Ndala, J’irai danser sur la tombe de Senghor • 2016 - Pierre-Luc Landry, Les corps extraterrestres • 2017 - Andrée Christensen, ''Épines d'encre'' • 2018 - Alain Bernard Marchand, Sept vies, dix-sept morts • 2019 - Andrée Christensen, ''L'Isle aux abeilles noires'' • 2020 - Véronique Sylvain, Premier quart • 2021 - Monia Mazigh, Farida • 2022 - Michèle Vinet, Le Malaimant • 2023 - Nancy Vickers, Capharnaüm • 2024 - Sébastien Pierroz, Deux heures avant la fin de l’été French non-fiction (1991-present) • 1992 - not awarded • 1994 - Gilberte Paquette, Dans le sillage d’Élizabeth Bruyère • 1996 - Elisabeth J. Lacelle, L’incontournable échange. Conversations oecuméniques et pluridisciplinaires • 1998 - René Dionne, Histoire de la Littérature Franco-Ontarienne des origines à nos jours • 2000 - Patricia Smart, Les femmes du Refus Global • 2002 - Françoise Lepage, Histoire de la littérature pour la jeunesse • 2004 - Mila Younes, Ma mère, ma fille, ma sœur • 2005 - not awarded • 2006 - Réjean Robidoux, D’éloge et de critique • 2007 - not awarded • 2008 - not awarded • 2009 - Maurice Henrie, Esprit de sel • 2010 - not awarded • 2011 - Lucie Joubert, L’envers du landau • 2012 - not awarded • 2013 - not awarded • 2014 - Philippe Bernier Arcand, La dérive populiste • 2015 - not awarded • 2016 - Patricia Smart, ''De Marie de l'Incarnation à Nelly Arcan'' • 2017 - not awarded • 2018 - not awarded • 2019 - Yvon Malette, Entre le risque et le rêve : Une brève histoire des Éditions David • 2020 - not awarded • 2021 - Nicole V. Champeau, Niagara…la voie qui y mène • 2022 - not awarded • 2023 - Maurice Henrie, La tête haute • 2024 - not awarded ==References==
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