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Nora Roberts Beats Out Al Gore for Literary Prize

By Jane • Oct 23rd, 2007 • Category: Misc • •

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If you didn’t heart Nora Roberts before for her writing, you have to love her for the speech she gave last night at the 3d Annual Quill Awards. Publisher’s Weekly and NBC teamed up to create the Quill Awards a few years ago with the intention of bringing “glamour and red carpet extravagance to the world of publishing.”

Roberts’ book, Angels Fall, was the voted as the best romance of the year, but last night it also took the book of the year. The freaking book of the year, folks. She beat out 18 other winners including Nobel Peace Prize winner, former Vice President Al Gore.

In her acceptance speech, Roberts said “Romance rocks.” So do you, Ms. Roberts.

Via MSNBC and Meri via my email box.

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47 Responses »

  1. Jackie on October 23rd, 2007 at 9:58 am:

    HUZZAH, NORA!

  2. Casee on October 23rd, 2007 at 9:59 am:

    Congratulations, Nora!!!

    That is such fantastic news!

  3. Jaci Burton on October 23rd, 2007 at 10:07 am:

    “Romance rocks.”

    Indeed it does. As does Nora.

    Congrats Nora!

  4. Meljean on October 23rd, 2007 at 10:08 am:

    Holy mama! Congratulations, Nora!

  5. Leslie Kelly on October 23rd, 2007 at 10:09 am:

    Huge congrats! This was so nice to see today.

  6. Rebecca Goings on October 23rd, 2007 at 10:16 am:

    Congratulations, Nora!! And thank you so much for giving the romance genre much-needed street cred within the literary masses. lol It’s about dang time romance gets recognized!

    ~~Becka

  7. Donna on October 23rd, 2007 at 10:22 am:

    To quote an award winning author… “ROMANCE ROCKS!!!”

    and so do you Nora!

  8. December Quinn/Stacia Kane on October 23rd, 2007 at 10:25 am:

    This is awesome on so many levels of awesomeness. CONGRATULATIONS, NORA!

  9. Kathryn S on October 23rd, 2007 at 10:26 am:

    Fabulous! Congratulations, Nora!

  10. Has on October 23rd, 2007 at 10:32 am:

    Fantastic :) Congratulations Nora

  11. sula on October 23rd, 2007 at 10:32 am:

    This is very cool. Congrats Nora! Romance DOES rock and it rocks that you’ve always been so supportive of the genre.

  12. raine on October 23rd, 2007 at 10:32 am:

    “Romance rocks.”

    Yes, it does–due, in a large part, to you.
    Congrats, Nora! :-D

  13. ilona andrews on October 23rd, 2007 at 10:50 am:

    Congratulations!!!

  14. Ann Aguirre on October 23rd, 2007 at 10:53 am:

    Sweet! Go Nora!

    I think this amply answers the question of WWND? She would take home ALL the prizes!

  15. celeber on October 23rd, 2007 at 11:01 am:

    Awesome! Congratulations Ms Roberts!

  16. Jill Myles on October 23rd, 2007 at 11:02 am:

    Congrats, Nora! I think you summed it up perfectly. :)

  17. Charlene Teglia on October 23rd, 2007 at 12:22 pm:

    How fantastic. I loved Angel Falls, and I love that a Nora Roberts book got book of the year!

  18. Beth Williamson on October 23rd, 2007 at 12:36 pm:

    Totally 100% frigging awesome! Nora rocks da house!! I’m always proud of the romance genre, but today, I feel super shiny to be a part of it.
    *still grinning*

  19. vanessa jaye on October 23rd, 2007 at 12:43 pm:

    Wow, that is freakin awesome! Congratulations, Nora!!

  20. Shannon Stacey on October 23rd, 2007 at 12:57 pm:

    That’s seriously wicked awesome! Congratulations, Nora!

  21. Shannon Stacey on October 23rd, 2007 at 1:00 pm:

    Oh, and am I the only one curious about Tiki Barber’s presence in the photo? Must investigate. *g*

  22. Leeann Burke on October 23rd, 2007 at 1:06 pm:

    Congratulations Nora! You are completely right Romance does ROCK!

  23. bam on October 23rd, 2007 at 1:08 pm:

    Nora mothafucking rocks hardcore, dude.

  24. Sandra Schwab on October 23rd, 2007 at 1:45 pm:

    Woohooo! Big congratulations! This is truly awesome!!!

  25. Sara Dennis on October 23rd, 2007 at 3:06 pm:

    Congratulations, Nora!

  26. Robin on October 23rd, 2007 at 3:50 pm:

    Diddo!

  27. Julie Leto on October 23rd, 2007 at 4:01 pm:

    Yeah, Nora! Congratulations!

  28. Nalini Singh on October 23rd, 2007 at 4:07 pm:

    How incredibly awesome! Congratulations, Nora!

  29. lisabea on October 23rd, 2007 at 4:59 pm:

    Freakin’ awesome.

  30. Kristie(J) on October 23rd, 2007 at 5:15 pm:

    Oh My!!!! This So Rocks!!! Congratulations Nora Roberts!!!!

  31. Heather Holland on October 23rd, 2007 at 6:09 pm:

    I would say congrats, but that seems a bit overdone already. So how about, “Rock On!” :)

  32. Robin Bayne on October 23rd, 2007 at 6:35 pm:

    Nora Rocks!!! Congrats!!

  33. Gennita Low on October 23rd, 2007 at 6:53 pm:

    Major Awesome congrats! Book of the Year–wahooo!

  34. Jackie L. on October 23rd, 2007 at 7:28 pm:

    ‘Bout time Nora got the recognition she deserves! Enjoy your well deserved award, then please get back to writing. WOOT!

  35. Melani Blazer on October 23rd, 2007 at 7:36 pm:

    Congrats, Nora! And YAY for a romance getting BOTY!

  36. Patrice Michelle on October 23rd, 2007 at 8:59 pm:

    Congratulations, Nora! It’s very well deserved.

    You rock! :)

  37. Lynn Matherly on October 23rd, 2007 at 9:59 pm:

    CONGRATULATIONS, Nora! :) Romance does rock.

    I can’t wait to watch the entire event on Saturday night!

  38. Rosie on October 23rd, 2007 at 11:23 pm:

    Hail to the Queen…long may she reign. Many congratulations Nora!

  39. Nora Roberts on October 24th, 2007 at 4:32 am:

    Thanks, everybody–and thanks to Romance readers for being the best.

  40. Jane on October 24th, 2007 at 10:04 am:

    The Smart Bitches are having a nice giveaway relating to la nora including an ARC of Blood Brothers.

  41. MZ on October 24th, 2007 at 3:39 pm:

    Oprah must be choking….

    A very well deserved award. Congratulations, Nora, you just made every romance author and reader proud.

  42. Bronwyn Jameson on October 24th, 2007 at 8:31 pm:

    WWND? Take the prize, natch.

    Soooo chuffed to see this news, for romance, for Nora, for a wondersome book.

  43. Brit Blaise on October 24th, 2007 at 9:54 pm:

    Beating out Al Gore…does it get better than that? Don’t think so.

  44. Janine on October 25th, 2007 at 12:57 pm:

    I’m just catching up on some earlier posts and wanted to add my congratulations, too. Way to go!

  45. Yvonne Lindsay on October 25th, 2007 at 1:09 pm:

    Fantastic news! Congratulations, Nora. YOU rock, ROMANCE rocks, WINNING QUILL BOOK OF THE YEAR definitely rocks!

  46. Natasha Moore on October 25th, 2007 at 6:56 pm:

    Adding my congrats to the list! Rock on!

  47. Reed Business Information Quits the Quill Awards | Dear Author: Romance Book Reviews, Author Interviews, and Commentary on February 25th, 2008 at 11:42 pm:

    [...] Weekly putting up a slate of nominees and the readers voting on that slate. Nora Roberts won Book of the Year in 2007 for Angels [...]

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