Events New Books Beloved - Toni Morrison Black Dahlia - James Ellroy The Bonfire of the Vanities - Tom Wolfe The Child in Time - Ian McEwan Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett Fine Things - Danielle Steel The Forge of God - Greg Bear Heaven and Hell - John Jakes In the Skin of A Lion - Michael Ondaatje The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey - Salman Rushdie Kaleidoscope - Danielle Steel Legacy - James A. Michener Leaving Home - Garrison Keillor Misery - Stephen King Mort - Terry Pratchett Not Without My Daughter - Betty Mahmoody L'Obsédante obèse et autres agressions - Gilles Archambault Patriot Games - Tom Clancy Presumed Innocent - Scott Turow Spycatcher - Peter Wright Time Flies - Bill Cosby The Tommyknockers - Stephen King Windmills of the Gods - Sidney Sheldon Births Deaths February 2 - Alistair MacLean, British thriller writer, heart attack February 22 - Andy Warhol, artist, director, writer April 4 - C. L. Moore, science ficton author October 31 - Joseph Campbell, author and expert on mythology Awards Booker Prize: Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger See 1987 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. Nebula Award: Pat Murphy, The Falling Woman Newbery Medal for children's literature: Sid Fleischman The Whipping Boy Nobel Prize for Literature: Joseph Brodsky Prix Goncourt: Tahar ben Jelloun, La Nuit sacrée Prix Médicis French: Pierre Mertens, Les Éblouissements Prix Médicis International: Antonio Tabucchi, Nocturne indien Pulitzer Prize for Drama: August Wilson, Fences Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Peter Taylor, A Summons to Memphis Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Rita Dove, Thomas and Beulah Whitbread Best Book Award: Christopher Nolan, Under the eye of the clock