“Idaho Microbes: How Tiny Single-celled Organisms Can Harm, or Save, Our World,” a book co-authored by historian Todd Shallat, has been selected to receive the Idaho Library Association Book of the Year Award for 2015.
The award, established in 1985, is given annually to recognize the book that has made an outstanding contribution to literature by an Idaho author or made an outstanding contribution to materials about Idaho.
In addition to the Idaho Book of the Year Award, “Idaho Microbes” also received a silver medal in the “science” category from the Independent Publisher Book Awards, also known as an IPPY.
“Idaho Microbes,” published by the Boise State School of Public Service and the Division of Research and Economic Development, was written over the course of four years by local writer Steve Stuebner with Todd Shallat, former director of the Center for Idaho History and Politics. Graphic design is by Adele Thomsen. Colleen Brennan was the copy editor, Brian Marinelli the education editor, and Greg Hampikian, professor of biology and criminal justice, served as science advisor.
BY: CIENNA MADRID PUBLISHED 11:48 AM / AUGUST 18, 2016