FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2007 file photo, cartoonist Roz Chast appears on the NBC "Today" television program in New York's Rockefeller Center to talk about her new children's book collaboration with Steve Martin, "The Alphabet from A to Y With Bonus Letter Z!". Novelist Marilynne Robinson, economist Thomas Piketty and cartoonist Chast are among the finalists for National Book Critics Circle prizes. The 30 nominees for six competitive categories were announced Monday, Jan. 19, 2015.(AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)