The Book Prize Index

Authors / person-margo-jefferson

Portrait of Margo Jefferson

Margo Jefferson

American writer and academic (born 1947).

Wikipedia
Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

2

Recognized books

2

Wins

5

Lists

26

Index score

2015—2023

Recognition span

Author in the index

Margo Jefferson has 2 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 2015 and 2023. The records span 4 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

National Book Critics Circle Awards2
Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence1
Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction1
Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize1

Subject profile

Indexed works

Books by Margo Jefferson

2 books · sorted by recognition

Negroland: A MemoirMemoir & Autobiography201518 ptsConstructing a Nervous System: A MemoirMemoir & Autobiography20238 pts
YearTitleSubjectScoreWinsListsImprint
2015Negroland: A MemoirMemoir & Autobiography1823Vintage Books
2023Constructing a Nervous System: A MemoirMemoir & Autobiography802Pantheon

All books on this page are credited to Margo Jefferson.

Prize metrics come from Book Prize Index records. Biographical description and portrait metadata are sourced from the matched Wikidata and Wikimedia records; uncertain identity matches are omitted.

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