Judges Select Finalists for the National Book Awards

Books are highlighted when author and radio show host Garrison Keillor announced the finalists for the National Book Awards during a ceremony Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004 in St. Paul, Minn.  

The winners in each of four categories--young people's literature, nonfiction, poetry and fiction--will be named at a dinner Nov. 17 in New York also hosted by Garrison Keillor.

The full list as well as the program leading up to November 17 th can be viewed at   http://www.nationalbook.org/index.html