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Sy Montgomery honored as 2015 ‘National Book Award’ finalist

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November 23, 2015

Ta-Nehisi Coates won the coveted 2015 National Book Award for nonfiction for Between the World and Me.

Aside from Montgomery and Coates’ literary works, other noteworthy nonfiction books that were honored included Sally Mann’s Hold Still, Tracy K. Smith’s Ordinary Light and Carla Power’s If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran.

Montgomery’s The Octopus Scientists book garnered a rave review from Digital Journal, and rightfully so.

Sy Montgomery’s new book ‘The Octopus Scientists’

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For a full list of this year’s National Book Award winners, click here.

Digital Journal’s review of Sy Montgomery’s critically-acclaimed Tarantula Scientist book, may be seen by clicking here.

For more information on author Sy Montgomery and her published books, check out her official website.

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Written By Markos Papadatos

Markos Papadatos is Digital Journal's Editor-at-Large for Music News. Papadatos is a Greek-American journalist and educator that has authored over 20,000 original articles over the past 18 years. He has interviewed some of the biggest names in music, entertainment, lifestyle, magic, and sports. He is a 16-time "Best of Long Island" winner, where for three consecutive years (2020, 2021, and 2022), he was honored as the "Best Long Island Personality" in Arts & Entertainment, an honor that has gone to Billy Joel six times.