Paul VanDevelder was announced as a finalist for the Frances Fuller Victor Award for General Nonfiction for his book Savages and Scoundrels.

His UNP book, Coyote Warrior, was named an editor’s choice by Audubon saying “[VanDevelder] holds a mirror up to postcolonial America itself, showing how we are entwined and indebted to those who have lived here for thousands of years.”

VanDevelder has been an investigative reporter, photojournalist, and documentary filmmaker for more than twenty years. His award-winning work has appeared in the New York Times, National Geographic Traveler, Audubon, Esquire, and the Seattle Times.

Other finalists for the award are Paul Collins for The Book of William, Tom Krattenmaker for Onward Christian Athletes and Barry Sanders for Unsuspecting Souls and The Green Zone.

The awards ceremony announcing the winners will take place Monday, April 25, 2011. Vote for the People’s Choice Award.

Congrats Paul!