Member Awards and Achievements Patricia Bell-Scott Named ALA’s 2016 Best Adult Nonfiction February 28, 2017 Share on Twitter (opens in a new tab) on Facebook (opens in a new tab) on Linkedin (opens in a new tab) via email The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice by Patricia Bell-Scott was selected as the Best Adult Nonfiction Book for 2016 by the American Library Association’s Booklist in January.