2006 Marfield Prize
2006 Winner
Scott Reynolds Nelson, Steel Drivin’ Man: John Henry, The Untold Story of an American Legend (Oxford University Press)
2006 Finalists
Ross King, The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism (Walker & Company)
Julie Phillips, James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon (Picador)
2006 Judges
Alan Cheuse, novelist
Rita Dove, poet
Joyce Carol Oates, novelist