New York mayor Michael Bloomberg will announce the inaugural roster of NYC Literary Honors today, "given to living writers whose work and lives have been informed by New York City, as a way of highlighting its place as home to the publishing industry and an inspiration to authors."
The NYTsays the awards will go to:
Paul Auster (fiction) - left.
Robert Caro (nonfiction)
Walter Dean Myers (children's literature)
Roz Chast (humor)
Marie Ponsot (poetry)
Robert Silvers (contributions to literary life)