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The nonfiction category was every bit as competitive and featured established authors like the biographer Robert Caro and the late Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anthony Shadid, who wrote for The Washington Post and The New York Times . 
  
 It was won by Katherine Boo for “Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity.” In her book, Ms. Boo tells of the heart-rending struggles of the dwellers of a slum in the shadow of luxury hotels in India . 
  
 “If this prize means anything,” she said in her acceptance speech, “it is that small stories in so-called hidden places matter because they implicate and complicate what we consider to be the larger story, which is the story of people who do have political and economic powers.” 
  
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 Celebrating its 63rd year, the National Book Awards packed some 670 attendees into the elegant Cipriani on Wall Street. The logistics behind the award were particularly challenging this year, as storm surge from Hurricane Sandy flooded the office of the National Book Foundation, which presents the awards, and they have still not been reopened. 
  
 To be eligible for an award, a book must have been written by a United States citizen. Winners received $10,000 and a bronze statue. 
  
 The award for Young People’s Literature went to William Alexander for “Goblin Secrets,” published by Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. 
  
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 “The way things are, are not the only possible way they can be,” Mr. Alexander said. “Stories are the first way we figured that out.” 
  
 David Ferry choked up slightly as he accepted the poetry award for “Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations,” published by the University of Chicago Press. He said he had amazing rivals in his category, and his one advantage was being much older. “My only hope was a preposterous pre-posthumous award,” he said, “and I guess that is what I have won here.” 
  
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 Earlier in the evening, Arthur Sulzberger Jr. , the publisher of The New York Times, was honored for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community. Mr. Sulzberger was praised for helping to make possible the continuing coverage of books and literature. In her speech introducing Mr. Sulzberger, Terry Gross, the host of the NPR show “Fresh Air,” singled out the Times’s Book Review in particular, saying it was like a “shopping catalog” that alerted her to “authors I’ve overlooked.” 
  
 The award for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters went to the prolific and irreverent novelist Elmore Leonard , whose books are peopled with seedy characters, frequently armed with guns. It was only the second time that the award, which has been presented since 1988, went to a writer who was a popular favorite as opposed to a critically acclaimed legend. The first time was when the master of horror, Stephen King , won in 2003. Mr. King was also in the audience Wednesday night to help honor his friend. 
  
 Mr. Leonard, 87, took a humble tone. He compared himself with the English novelist Martin Amis , who introduced him, saying that Mr. Amis was a critically acclaimed writer and that he “was a category on ‘Jeopardy!’ ” 
  
 Still, Mr. Leonard concluded by acknowledging that the award had meaning for him. “I am energized by this honor. The only thing I’ve ever wanted to do in my life is tell stories, and this award tells me I am still good at it,” he said. ||||| And more changes are coming. 
  
 The foundation has been taking a tough look at itself, hiring a consultant to survey industry insiders — booksellers, editors and even critics — to see if the award process itself needs to be reformed to attract more attention. 
  
 On the table are proposals like expanding the judging pool beyond just writers who judge in their own genre to include well-known cultural figures of all types, and limiting for the first time who may submit award entries. (Now, any publisher can submit as many books as it wants in any category as long as the author is an American citizen.) 
  
 The goal is to add more sex appeal to an industry that’s not exactly known for it — but not, the organizers insist, just for its own sake. “It’s not about being glitzy,” said David Steinberger, the chief executive of Perseus Books and chairman of the foundation. “It’s about increasing the impact great books have on the culture.” 
  
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 The unstated model here is not the Oscars or the Emmys, but rather the Man Booker Prize, Britain’s top literary honor. Man Booker gives only one award, for fiction, but its imprimatur gives books a second life that traditionally generates more sales, even for nominees who don’t win. 
  
 “When a book is shortlisted for the Man Booker prize, it sells another 50,000 copies,” said Morgan Entrekin, president of Grove/Atlantic Press and vice chairman of the National Book Foundation’s board. “It can transform the fate of a book.” 
  
 “The winner of National Book Awards succeeds,” he added. “But I would like to see it have that kind of effect on the shortlist as well.” 
  
 The foundation’s board members believe that Man Booker is so effective because it has integrated itself with politics and the broader popular culture in Britain. 
  
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 Judges for the Booker, for example, are not just writers but also entertainment stars with a literary bent — among them Dan Stevens, the actor who plays Matthew Crawley on “Downton Abbey,” and Fiona Shaw, the Irish actress who has been in the Harry Potter movies and HBO’s “True Blood.” 
  
 When the National Book Awards were first presented in 1950, they had that same crossover appeal. The award ceremony was held at the Waldorf-Astoria and for the next decades attracted people from all walks of life including Eleanor Roosevelt and Mayor John V. Lindsay of New York. 
  
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 More important, it spotted and promoted major talents like John Updike and Philip Roth. 
  
 By the late 1990s, however, the event had narrowed and was attended almost solely by publishing insiders. Critics also complained that the awards were increasingly being used to recognize overlooked authors who hadn’t obtained a popular audience. 
  
 “The awards were stuffy and were visited upon by corporate elders,” said Paul Bogaards, director of publicity for Knopf Doubleday. 
  
 In 2004 the foundation recruited Harold Augenbraum as executive director. Three years later he brought in Mr. Steinberger, who in turn brought in Mr. Entrekin and the high-profile literary agent Lynn Nesbit, whose client list has included Tom Wolfe, Gore Vidal and Robert Caro among others. A turnaround began. 
  
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 The organizers built a series of events apart from the dinner, which is also a $1,000-a-plate fund-raiser, to broaden the award’s appeal. They started a party earlier in the week to honor fiction writers under 35 and created a mix of the literary and the musical. (Neko Case, of the New Pornographers, will be the party’s host this year, and the poet Thomas Sayers Ellis will be mixing the tunes.) 
  
 Then three years ago the foundation moved the dinner to Cipriani. The event quickly drew a smattering of boldface names like Vogue’s editor, Anna Wintour, and the “Sex and the City” author Candace Bushnell. 
  
 The organizers also started an after-party that was opened up to awards attendees, as well as younger people in the industry who might not be in on the fund-raising dinner. 
  
 The success of these ventures — the after-party now has a waiting list — fueled a desire by board members to press further, and create a more public presence for the award. 
  
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 This year for this first time the foundation announced the five finalists in the four categories live on television, on MSNBC’s popular “Morning Joe” program. 
  
 “Usually we get about 10,000 unique visitors” to the Web site after the announcement, Mr. Augenbraum said, “and we got 22,000 the morning we announced on ‘Morning Joe.’ ” 
  
 The board also hired a consultant at the beginning of the year who gave extensive questionnaires to people in the field — writers, agents, booksellers, librarians and past judges — to solicit their thoughts on how the process could be improved. 
  
 Mr. Augenbraum insisted nothing will be decided until the December board meeting, but he acknowledged that the questionnaire asked whether the number of entrants should be limited. The current setup, while democratic, produces a reading burden so daunting that few high-profile people are willing to judge. 
  
 Another question being considered is whether the awards should have a long list of nominees as well as a shortlist, similar to the Booker prize, a feature that feeds anticipation leading up to the announcement of the winner. |||||
Louise Erdrich's novel Round House won the National Book Award last night, beating out big-name contenders like Junot Diaz and Dave Eggers. Erdrich's book tells the story of a teenage boy's confrontation with violence on a North Dakota reservation, the New York Times reports. "This is a book about a huge case of injustice ongoing on reservations. Thank you for giving it a wider audience," she said, in an acceptance speech that partly featured her Native American language. The nonfiction prize went to Katherine Boo, whose book Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity describes life in an Indian slum. David Ferry took the poetry prize for Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations, while William Alexander won for Young People's Literature with Goblin Secrets. Novelist Elmore Leonard received the Distinguished Contribution to American Letters award, and Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. was recognized for his Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community. This year's awards—which occurred despite Sandy's flooding of the National Book Foundation's office—sought to turn a formerly "dowdy" event glamorous, the Times notes. Held in the sparkling Cipriani Wall Street, the event featured a red carpet and attendees like Molly Ringwald. "It’s not about being glitzy," said the foundation's chairman. "It’s about increasing the impact great books have on the culture."