The International Latino Book Awards are presented during BookExpo America by Latino Literacy Now. LLN is a a non-profit organization that supports and promotes literacy and literary excellence within the Latino community. The organization created the Latino Book Awards in 1999. This year's awards were presented on May 25, 2010. Awards were given to English, Spanish and Bilingual books. Below is a short list of the winners. Congratulations to All the Winners!! --mcf BEST FIRST BOOK -- ENGLISH Damas, Dramas and Ana Ruiz by Belinda Acosta (Grand Central Publishing) BEST FIRST BOOK -- SPANISH -- A tie! La Estrella de David by Daniel de Cordova (Anura Group) and Cuentos del Norte, Historia del Sol Hemi by Garcia Linares (Casa Tomada) BEST NOVEL -- ROMANCE -- ENGLISH Vigil by Cecilia Samartin (Atria Books) BEST YOUNG ADULT FICTION -- ENGLISH Clara...Encountering Life by Gabriela Garcia-Williams (self published) BEST CHILDREN'S PICTU...