By Karen Klinka For The OklahomanThirty-three books have been chosen as finalists in the 28th annual Oklahoma Book Award competition. Winners in the categories of fiction, poetry, design/illustration, children/young adult and nonfiction will be announced at the Oklahoma Book Awards banquet on April 8 at the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame and Jim Thorpe Museum in Oklahoma City. Michael Wallis, award-winning author and voice artist for Disney's Pixar film “Cars,” will serve as master of ceremonies. Sponsored by the Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book, the awards recognize books written in 2016 by Oklahomans or about Oklahoma.Read more on NewsOK.com