Judy Blume, American Library Association win National Book Critics Circle awards

Lorrie Moore won the the National Book Critics Circle award for fiction, while Judy Blume and the American Library Association, were given honorary prizes.

Committee chair David Varno said in a statement that the book is a heartbreaking and hilarious ghost story about a man who considers what it means to be human in a world infected by, as Moore puts it, ‘voluntary insanity.’ "It’s an unforgettable achievement from a landmark American author."

Blume was the recipient of the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award.