On Tuesday, the Washington Center for the Book announced the winners of the 59th annual 2025 Washington State Book Awards. A panel of librarians, authors and independent booksellers selected the seven winners from a pool of 271 books published by Washington state authors in 2024.

Books for adults

Creative Nonfiction/Memoir: “Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir” by Tessa Hulls of Seattle/Port Townsend (MCD).

Fiction: “Rough Trade” by Katrina Carrasco of Seattle (MCD).

General Nonfiction/Biography: “Be a Revolution” by Ijeoma Oluo of Seattle (HarperOne).

Poetry: “Something About Living” by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha of Redmond (The University of Akron Press)

Books for youth

Picture Books: “Daughter of the Light-Footed People” by Belen Medina, of Vancouver and Natalia Rojas Castro (Atheneum).

B

See Full Page