FILE - In this June 3, 2009 file photo, author Marilynne Robinson poses for the photographers prior to the ceremony for the 2009 Orange Book prize for fiction in London's Royal Festival Hall. The novelist Robinson, economist Thomas Piketty and cartoonist Roz Chast are among the finalists for National Book Critics Circle prizes. The 30 nominees for six competitive categories were announced Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)