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'My War' Wins Prize for Best Blog-Turned-Book

A former Army machine gunner has won the Blooker Prize, awarded for the best book that began as a blog on the Internet. Colby Buzzell's book, My War: Killing Time in Iraq, is an account of post-invasion Iraq. It began as a blog written directly from the war zone.

Colby Buzzell, author, My War: Killing Time in Iraq; winner of the second annual Blooker Prize.

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