Pop Quiz: What do Gabby Douglas, Kyla Ross, and Jordyn Wieber have in common? Not sure? What about Jane Austen, Nora Roberts, and Maeve Binchy? Is that one easier? If you’re more interested in who’s topping the bestseller lists than who’s atop the Olympic podium, than the Garfield County Library 2012 Author Olympics are for you! Your librarians have been busy searching the globe for the best of the best in fiction and now YOU, the citizens of Garfield County, can be a part of determining who will receive (fictional) Olympic gold and who will be left behind in the stacks. Rules and Regulations: Authors from various countries will compete head to head in the following genre events: Graphic Fiction Literary Fiction (alive) Literary Fiction (dead) Mystery Romance Science Fiction/Fantasy Thriller Young Adult Fiction Winners from each genre competition will compete in the final Fiction All-Around. Competition will take place between July 27th and August 12th on the library’s facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/gcpld. Oh yeah, and in case you were wondering, Gabby Douglas, Kyla Ross, and Jordyn Wieber are all members of the US Olympic Gymnastics Team. Jane Austen, Nora Roberts, and Maeve Binchy are all romance writers (but you already knew that).

Medal Standings

Completed Events and Winners

Fiction All-Around

J.K. Rowling of Great Britain, Gold Medal Isabel Allende of Chile and Jane Austen of Great Britain, Silver Medal William Faulkner of the USA, Steig Larsson of Sweden, and J.R.R. Tolkien of Great Britain, Bronze Medal

Thriller

Steig Larsson of Sweden, Gold Medal James Patterson of the USA, Silver Medal Jeffrey Archer of Great Britain, Bronze Medal

Young Adult Fiction

J.K. Rowling of Great Britain, Gold Medal Suzanne Collins of the USA, Silver Medal Eoin Colfer of Ireland, Bronze Medal

Literary Fiction (Dead)

William Faulkner of the USA, Gold Medal James Joyce of Ireland, Silver Medal Franz Kafka of the Czech Republic, Bronze Medal

Literary Fiction (Alive)

Isabel Allende of Chile, Gold Medal Haruki Murakami of Japan, Silver Medal Paulo Coelho of Brazil, Bronze Medal

Romance Competition

Jane Austen of Great Britain, Gold Medal Nora Roberts of the USA, Silver Medal Maeve Binchy of Ireland and Nalini Singh of New Zealand, Bronze Medal

Science Fiction/ Fantasy Competition

J.R.R. Tolkien of Great Britain, Gold Medal C.S. Lewis of Ireland, Silver Medal Lloyd Alexander of the USA, Isaac Asimov of Russia and Neil Gaiman of Great Britain, Bronze Medal

Mystery Competition

Agatha Christie of Great Britain, Gold Medal Alexander McCall Smith of Scotland, Silver Medal Janet Evanovich of the USA, Bronze Medal