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‘The Night Watchman,’ Malcolm X biography win arts Pulitzers

This combination of photos shows, from left, "The Night Watchman" by Louise Erdrich, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, "Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy" by David Zucchino, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction, "The Dead Are Arising" co-authored by Tamara Payne and her father Les Payne, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography and "Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America" by Marcia Chatelain, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history. (Harper/Atlantic Monthly/Liveright-Norton/Liveright-Norton via AP) FILE - Tania Leon appears at the 55th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 2013. Leon was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for music for her work "Stride." (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) This combination of photos shows, from left, "The Night Watchman" by Louise Erdrich, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, "Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy" by David Zucchino, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction, "The Dead Are Arising" co-authored by Tamara Payne and her father Les Payne, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography and "Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America" by Marcia Chatelain, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history. (Harper/Atlantic Monthly/Liveright-Norton/Liveright-Norton via AP) This combination of photos shows, from left, "The Night Watchman" by Louise Erdrich, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, "Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy" by David Zucchino, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction, "The Dead Are Arising" co-authored by Tamara Payne and her father Les Payne, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography and "Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America" by Marcia Chatelain, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history. (Harper/Atlantic Monthly/Liveright-Norton/Liveright-Norton via AP) FILE - Cuban-American composer Tania Leon appears at the 55th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 2013. Leon was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for music for her work "Stride." (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) FILE - Tania Leon appears at the 55th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 2013. Leon was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for music for her work "Stride." (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) This combination of photos shows, from left, "The Night Watchman" by Louise Erdrich, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, "Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy" by David Zucchino, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction, "The Dead Are Arising" co-authored by Tamara Payne and her father Les Payne, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography and "Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America" by Marcia Chatelain, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history. (Harper/Atlantic Monthly/Liveright-Norton/Liveright-Norton via AP) FILE - Tania Leon appears at the 55th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 2013. Leon was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for music for her work "Stride." (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) This combination of photos shows, from left, "The Night Watchman" by Louise Erdrich, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, "Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy" by David Zucchino, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction, "The Dead Are Arising" co-authored by Tamara Payne and her father Les Payne, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography and "Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America" by Marcia Chatelain, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history. (Harper/Atlantic Monthly/Liveright-Norton/Liveright-Norton via AP) FILE - Tania Leon appears at the 55th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 2013. Leon was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for music for her work "Stride." (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) FILE - Tania Leon appears at the 55th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 2013. Leon was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for music for her work "Stride." (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) This cover image released by Atlantic Monthly shows "Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy" by David Zucchino, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction. (Atlantic Monthly via AP) FILE - Playwright Katori Hall attends the Broadway premiere of her play " The Mountaintop" in New York on Oct. 13, 2011. Hall won the Pulitzer Prize for drama for her play "The Hot Wing King." (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, File) FILE - Playwright Katori Hall attends the Broadway premiere of her play " The Mountaintop" in New York on Oct. 13, 2011. Hall won the Pulitzer Prize for drama for her play "The Hot Wing King." (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, File) This cover image released by Harper shows "The Night Watchman" by Louis Erdrich, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. (Harper via AP) This combination of photos shows, from left, "The Night Watchman" by Louise Erdrich, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, "Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy" by David Zucchino, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction, "The Dead Are Arising" co-authored by Tamara Payne and her father Les Payne, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography and "Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America" by Marcia Chatelain, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history. (Harper/Atlantic Monthly/Liveright-Norton/Liveright-Norton via AP) This combination of photos shows, from left, "The Night Watchman" by Louise Erdrich, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, "Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy" by David Zucchino, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction, "The Dead Are Arising" co-authored by Tamara Payne and her father Les Payne, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography and "Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America" by Marcia Chatelain, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history. (Harper/Atlantic Monthly/Liveright-Norton/Liveright-Norton via AP) FILE - Playwright Katori Hall poses for a portrait in front of the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in New York on Sept, 21, 2011. Hall won the Pulitzer Prize for drama for her play "The Hot Wing King." (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)