Debut author Francesca Segal won the first novel category for The Innocents.
The first novel category sees former waitress Rachel Zadok nominated for Gem Squash Tokoloshe, about a young girl growing up during under apartheid in South Africa.
Joff Winterhart's Days of the Bagnold Summer is mentioned in the novel category, while graphic memoir Dotter of her Father's Eyes by Mary and Bryan Talbot is in the biography list.
Geoff Rodkey, whose films include Daddy Day Care, has been nominated in the 5-12-year-old category for his debut novel, Deadweather and Sunrise.
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Palacio's acclaimed story of a boy born with a facial deformity will compete in the 5-12-year-old category against Jim Smith for his novel Barry Loser: I Am Not A Loser, Helen Peters' The Secret Hen House Theatre, as well as Rodkey's tale about cut-throat pirates.
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Those who self-identify as avid readers and rely on cover art to identify the myriad subgenres within the romance category complained that the new cover obscured the novel's meaning.
Does a woman writing a novel specifically for women automatically get pigeonholed into a marketing category with a pastel-colored cover featuring poodles, high heels and shopping bags?
The Full Monty, based on the British film, A Class Act, a celebration of the life of songwriter Ed Kleban, and Jane Eyre, based on the Charlotte Bronte novel, are the other three nominations in the best musical category.
The short-term bump created by a couple of completely new feature phone lines with novel designs and aggressive pricing could improve 1Q12 prospects even as the overall feature phone category continues its secular decline globally.
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