Finalist: Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder , by Lawrence Weschler (Pantheon )
The Jury
The Jury
Winners in General Nonfiction
1996 Prize Winners
Herb Caen
For his extraordinary and continuing contribution as a voice and conscience of his city.
Bob Keeler
For his detailed portrait of a progressive local Catholic parish and its parishioners.
E.R. Shipp
For her penetrating columns on race, welfare and other social issues.