Former MSNBC host Joy Reid and authors Percival Everett and John Edgar Wideman are among this year's recipients of the American Book Awards.

Another worked at the store but was only there because he stopped in to shop during his time off. TRALONA BARTKOWIAKJust this September, she helped her friend Sarah Lewis endure her grief after losing a loved one to a shooting in September. A front-end manager at King Soopers, Olds aspired to work her way up to store manager. Co-workers said Olds was the go-to person when someone needed to vent, laugh or share a little gossip. “She was just the funkiest, silliest, most wonderful person," said Giffen, who remembered talking with Olds about a customer complaint Monday.