NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 This year's winners of the Gotham Book Prize celebrate New York City as experienced on foot, bus and train.
Ian Frazier, author of 鈥淧aradise Bronx: The Life and Times of New York鈥檚 Greatest Borough,鈥 and Nicole Gelinas, who wrote "Movement: New York鈥檚 Long War to Take Back Its Streets from the Car,鈥 will split the $50,000 in prize money given for books that 鈥渆ncourage and honor writing about New York City,鈥 award officials announced Monday.
Philanthropists-political strategists Bradley Tusk and Howard Wolfson cofounded the Gotham prize in 2020 as a 鈥渨ay to uplift the creative community鈥 during the pandemic.
In 鈥淧aradise Bronx,鈥 Frazier draws upon his years of walking about the New York City borough and weaves together everything from Revolutionary War history to baseball and . Gelinas' 鈥淢ovement鈥 continues the tradition of such classics as Robert Caro's in documenting how New Yorkers have fought for the preservation and improvement of mass transit.
鈥淭his year, we are proud to award the Gotham Book Prize to two outstanding works of non-fiction that combine rigorous research with a unique point of view to illuminate the rich and complex history that makes New York City great,鈥 Tusk and Wolfson said in a statement.
Previous notable Gotham Book Prize recipients
2021: James McBride,
2022: Andrea Ellott, 鈥淚nvisible Child.鈥
2023: John Wood Sweet, 鈥淭he Sewing Girl's Tale,鈥 and Sidik Fofana, 鈥淪tories from the Tenant Downstairs.鈥
2024: Colson Whitehead,
