Seven Canadian authors and four books are among winners of the 17th High Plains Book Awards, announced on October 5 at Montana State University, Billings, Montana.

The Canadian winners are:

Art & Photography: Prairie Interlace: Weaving, Modernisms, and the Expanded Frame, 1960–2000 by Michele Hardy, Timothy Long, and Julia Krueger (University of Calgary Press)

First Book: The Definition of Beautiful by Charlotte Bellows (Freehand Books)

Indigenous Writer: Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada by Michelle Good (Harper Perennial)

Young Reader/Middle Grade: Coyote Queen by Jessica Vitalis (Green Willow Books/HarperCollins)

The book awards recognize regional authors and literary works that examine and reflect life on the high plains, including Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, and the U.S. states of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, and Kansas.

The shortlists were announced in June.