Member Awards and Achievements Laura Pedersen wins Seven Sisters Book Award July 12, 2019 Share on Twitter (opens in a new tab) on Facebook (opens in a new tab) on Linkedin (opens in a new tab) via email Laura Pedersen‘s Life in New York: How I Learned to Love Squeegee Men, Token Suckers, Trash Twisters, and Subway Sharks won the Seven Sisters Book Award for Best Nonfiction.