2007 National Book Award Winners
Fiction: Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Nonfiction: Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weinercy (Doubleday)
Poetry: Time and Materials by Robert Hass (Ecco/HarperCollins)
Young People's Literature: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (Little, Brown & Company)
Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters: Joan Didion
Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community: Terry Gross