The Book Prize Index

Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography

The Los Angeles Times Book Prize recognizes books published in the previous year across literary and nonfiction categories.

BiographyMajor award
Winners
45
Finalists
147
Shortlisted
0
Longlisted
0
First year
1981
Latest year
2025
Books
192

Deadline

Not yet sourced

Prize amount

Not yet sourced

Criteria / coverage

Active years represented: 1981-present. Covers winners and finalists listed in the category table.

Source coverage

100%

Sourced records

192 of 192

Official site

Open source

Submission info

Open source

Prize history