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Insectopedia: Winner of the 2011 Orion Book Award
Insects fascinate, repulse, and transfix us all at once. Hugh Raffles’s Insectopedia…
About a Mountain is a 2011 Orion Book Award Finalist
John D’Agata’s exploration of Yucca Mountain—maybe the most studied rock on…
The Tiger is a 2011 Orion Book Award Finalist
Humans and large cats have circled one another for thousands of years. John Vaillant’s…
Deep Blue Home is a 2011 Orion Book Award Finalist
Equal parts ecology, memoir, and natural history, Julia Whitty’s Deep Blue Home: An Intimate…
Becoming Animal is a 2011 Orion Book Award Finalist
Each year, the Orion Book Award honors five books that deepen our connection to the natural…
We Have a Winner!
The winner of the 2010 Orion Book Award is Charles Bowden’s Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing:…
Finalists for 2010 Orion Book Award Announced
We’re happy to announce the five finalists for the 2010 Orion Book Award.
OBA Judge Hal Clifford
Hal has been the executive editor of Orion since 2003. He is the author of three nonfiction…
OBA Judge Karen Russell
Karen is the author of St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, a collection of short…
