Here are some of the notable winners and finalists for the 2007 Pulitzer Prizes, announced yesterday:

Fiction (distinguished fiction by an American author)
Winner: The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
Finalist: After This by Alice McDermott
Finalist: The Echo Maker by Richard Powers

History (distinguished book upon the history of the United States)
Winner: "The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation” by Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff
Finalist: “Middle Passages: African American Journeys to Africa, 1787-2005” by James T. Campbell
Finalist: “Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War” by Nathaniel Philbrick.

Distinguished biography or autobiography by an American author
Winner: “The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher” by Debby Applegate
Finalist: “John Wilkes: The Scandalous Father of Civil Liberty” by Arthur H. Cash
Finalist: “Andrew Carnegie” by David Nasaw

Distinguished volume of original verse by an American author
Winner: “Native Guard” by Natasha Trethewey
Finalist: “The Republic of Poetry” by Martin Espada
Finalist: “Interrogation Palace: New & Selected Poems 1982-2004” by David Wojahn

Distinguished book of nonfiction by an American author that is not eligible for consideration in any other category
Winner: “The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11” by Lawrence Wright
Finalist: “Crazy: A Father’s Search Through America’s Mental Health Madness” by Pete Earley
Finalist: “Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq” by Thomas E. Ricks

Special Citation
"A Special Citation to Ray Bradbury for his distinguished, prolific and deeply influential
career as an unmatched author of science fiction and fantasy."