Literature Awards Committee
Committee Charge
To solicit nominations, review and vote for an award each for Adult Fiction, Illustration in Children’s Literature, and Youth Literature. Please visit the Literature Awards page for more information.
Chair
Buenaventura Basco, University of Central Florida Libraries
Dora Ho, Los Angeles Public Library
Category Chairs
Adult Literature (Fiction)
2010-2012 – Michelle Baildon, MIT
2011-2013 – Holly Cole Okuhara, Weber County Library
Adult Literature (Non-Fiction)
2010-2012 – Ven Basco, University of Central Florida
2011-2013 – Janet Clarke, Stony Brook University Libraries
Children’s Literature
2012-2012 – Yen Tran, Cal Lutheran University
2011-2013 – Sarah Park, St. Catherine University
YA Literature
2010-2012 – Lana Adlawan, Brooklyn Public Library
2011-2013 – Jerry Dear, San Francisco Public Library
Picture Books (Illustration in Children’s Literature)
2010-2012 – Susan Hoan, East Los Angeles College
2011-2013 – Susan Minobe, UCLA Young Research Library
Category Members
2010-2012 Adult Literature (Fiction)
Suhasini L. Kumar
Karen Fernandez
Eileen Bosch
Jerry Dear
2011-2013 Adult Literature (Fiction)
Karen Fernandez
Tina Chan
Miriam Tuliao
2010-2012 Adult Literature (Non-Fiction)
Eugenia Beh
Samanthi Hewakapuge
Monica Shin
Yumi Ohira
2011-2013 Adult Literature (Non-Fiction):
Allan Cho
Samanthi Hewakapuge
Janet Tom
2010-2012 Children’s Literature
Shu-Hsien Chen
Tamiye T. Meehan
Laksamee Putnam
Katrina Nye
Maria Pontillas
2011-2013 Children’s Literature
Denise Geier
Michael Habata
Sandy Wee
2010-2012 YA Literature
Jade Alburo
Lessa Pelayo-Lozada
Karla Lucht
Candice A. Mack
2011-2013 YA Literature
Haruko Yamauchi
Karla Lucht
Dorcas Wong
2010-2012 Picture Books (Illustration in Children’s Literature)
Jeannie Chen
Kate Vo-Thi Beard
Amber Painter
Danielle Date Kaprelian
2011-2013 Picture Books (Illustration in Children’s Literature)
M. A. Ambray Gonzales
Katrina Nye
Cindy Wee
