Dana Simmons, an associate professor of society, environment, and health equity at UC Riverside, is the winner of the 2025 Emory Elliott Book Award for her latest work, “On Hunger: Violence and Craving in America, from Starvation to Ozempic,” which is available free online.

Allison Benis White’s most recent collection of poetry, “A Magnificent Loneliness,” is a finalist for the 2025 Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

Tod Goldberg’s latest crime novel, “Only Way Out,” has been nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Fiction. “I am surprised, honored, and humbled,” said Goldberg, founder and director of the Low-Residency MFA program at UC Riverside’s Palm Desert Center. “This is my second time being a finalist, but the first time in over 20 years!”

Laila Lalami’s dystopian thriller, “The Dream Hotel” (2025), has been nominated for the 2026 Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Novel.

Addressing DEI meaningfully will help reduce disparities and improve well-being, authors argue

Author Zayan Musa is passionate about medical humanities and using visual graphics in medicine

Allison Adelle Hedge Coke’s new poetry book is one of 25 books with this year’s distinction.

Jones was named the winner of the Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, announced during a virtual ceremony kicking off the 26th Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on April 16.