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- ↑ "Northwest books honored", Seattle Post-Intelligencer , February 19, 2003.
- ↑ Dan Webster, "First editions: Check out the 2002 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Awards", The Spokesman-Review , March 21, 2002.
- ↑ "Pacific Northwest Book Awards". Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
