I am sure all Forum members will be delighted to know that Steve Courtney
won
the Biography & Memoir section of the 2009 Connecticut Book Awards with
his excellent biography of Joseph Twichell (Joseph Hopkins Twichell: The
Life
and Times of Mark Twain's Closest Friend: University of Georgia Press).
Many congratulations, Steve. For information on this, see:
http://www.hplct.org/cfb/pdf/PR0909CTBookAwardWinners.pdf

Cheers. Pete