National Book Finalists Announced; Apple SnubbedThe National Book Award finalists were announced just moments ago in San Francisco. The list itself leans Californian, too; only a few New Yorkers are among the honorees this year — Bronx-born globe-trotter Ken Kalfus (who lives in Philly), ex-Brooklynite Mark Z. Danielewski (California), and children’s author Patricia McCormick. After the jump, the full slate of finalists.