Ta-Nehisi Coates won the coveted 2015 National Book Award for nonfiction for Between the World and Me.
Aside from Montgomery and Coates’ literary works, other noteworthy nonfiction books that were honored included Sally Mann’s Hold Still, Tracy K. Smith’s Ordinary Light and Carla Power’s If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran.
Montgomery’s The Octopus Scientists book garnered a rave review from Digital Journal, and rightfully so.
For a full list of this year’s National Book Award winners, click here.
Digital Journal’s review of Sy Montgomery’s critically-acclaimed Tarantula Scientist book, may be seen by clicking here.
For more information on author Sy Montgomery and her published books, check out her official website.