NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Three authors who demonstrated how scientific research can be wedded to literary grace have been awarded $10,000 prizes.<\/a><\/p>\n On Wednesday, the National Book Foundation<\/a> and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation<\/a> announced the winners of the fifth annual Science + Literature awards. The books include Kimberly Blaeser’s poetry collection, \u201cAncient Light,\u201d inspired in part by the environmental destruction of Indigenous communities; the novel \u201cBog Queen\u201d by Anna North, the story of a forensic anthropologist and a 2000-year-old Celtic druid; and a work of nonfiction, Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian’s \u201cForest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThese gifted storytellers shine a scientific and poetic light on the beauties and terrors of nature and what they reveal to us about our deepest selves, our humanity, and our existence on this planet,\u201d Doron Weber, vice president and program director at the Sloan Foundation, said in a statement.<\/p>\n Ruth Dickey, executive director of the National Book Foundation, said in a statement that the new winners continue the awards’ mission to highlight \u201cdiverse voices in science writing that \u2026 enlighten, challenge, and engage readers everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n The Book Foundation presents the National Book Awards, one of the literary world’s most prestigious events. The Sloan Foundation has a long history of supporting books that join science and the humanities, including Kai Bird’s and Martin J. Sherwin\u2019s Pulitzer Prize-winning \u201cAmerican Prometheus,\u201d which director Christopher Nolan adapted into the Oscar-winning \u201cOppenheimer.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cAt a time when science is under attack, it has become more urgent to elevate books that bring together the art of literature with the wonders of science,\u201d Daisy Hern\u00e1ndez, this year’s chair of the awards committee and a 2022 Science + Literature honoree, said in a statement.<\/p>\n This story corrects the title of \u201cBog Queen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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