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Award Winning!

These books have recently

won awards, and are especially

deserving of ongoing acclaim!

 

January 2021

 Said Hasyim's  Have a Peak At This  won several awards. It was the winner of Best Book Award 2020 in Health - Alternative Medicine and the Silver award winner of Literary Titan Book Awards, 2020.

Read our review in the December 2020 issue.

December 2020

 C. G. Fewston's Little Hometown, America won several awards: it was the GOLD Winner in the 2020 Human Relations Indie Book Awards for Contemporary Realistic Fiction, and the FINALIST in the SOUTHWEST REGIONAL FICTION category of the 14th Annual National Indie Excellence 2020 Awards (NIEA)

Read our review in the November 2020 issue.

Reform the Kakistocracy by Wiliam Kovacs won the Bronze award given by the Nonfiction Book Awards given out by the Nonfiction Authors Association (https://nonfictionauthorsassociation.com/reform-the-kakistocracy/).

Read our review in the November 2020 issue.


PINTO!-Based Upon the True Story of the Longest Horseback Ride in History by Margie Evans has been busy earning numerous awards:

Book Excellence Award - 1st Place

Purple Dragonfly Award - 1st Place

Chanticleer Book Awards, Gertrude Warner Middle-Grade Award - 1st Place in Category

Equus Film and Arts Festival - Winner

American Fiction Awards - Finalist

Eric Hoffer Awards - Finalist

Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Finalist

Feathered Quill Book Awards - Bronze Medal

Readers' Favorite Book Awards - Bronze Medal

Read our review in the December 2019 issue.



November 2020

Julie Gianellloni Connor's Savoring the Camino de Santiago won an eLit silver medal in the travel category. The award judges the overall excellence of the book. The cover was awarded a gold star for excellence in the July contest held by The Book Designer website.

Read our review in the November 2020 issue.

Susan Miura's Signs in the Dark won a bronze medal in the Young Adult Fiction category of the Readers' Favorite 2020 awards

Read our review in the November 2020 issue.

Khawaja Azimuddin M.D. earned two acclaims for his book The Boy Refugee:

Houston Chronicle: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/Carrasco-A-tale-of-resilience-on-World-Refugee-15353532.php

The Asia Society: https://asiasociety.org/texas/houston-author-spotlight-dr-khawaja-azimuddin

Read our review in the November 2020 issue.

October 2020

Mary Choy and Michele Kaufman's Healthcare Heroes: The Medical Careers Guide won a Silver Medal in the 2020 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards in the Non-Fiction: Occupational category: https://readersfavorite.com/2020-award-contest-winners.htm#healthcare-heroes  

It was also named a 2020 International Book Awards Finalist in the categories of Young Adult: Nonfiction and Business: Careers: http://www.internationalbookawards.com/2020awardannouncement.html  

 Read our review in the September 2019 issue:  Healthcare Heroes .


Irene Wittig's
All That Lingers was chosen as one of the Best Indie Books of September by Kirkus. They awarded her a Starred Review as well:

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-lists/best-indie-books-september/#all-that-lingers

 Read our review in the September 2019 issue:  All That Lingers .


September 2020

Michael Polelle's The Mithras Conspiracy, was moved up from semi-finalist to the finalist category in the mystery genre of the Royal Palm Literary Award Competition sponsored by the Florida Writers Association.

 Read our review in the December 2019 issue: The Mithras Conspiracy

 Tim Pelkey's The Ottoman Excursion was named a finalist for this year's NIEA (medical thriller category).  

 Read our review in the September 2020 issue.

 Selina Co's I'm a Romance Scam IT Detective has became an Award-winning Finalist in in the True Crime: Non-Fiction category of the 2020 International Book Awards”:

http://www.internationalbookawards.com/2020awardannouncement.html

 Read our review in the December 2019 issue.

 

 August 2020 

Heather Siegel's The King & The Quirky won first place in the Women’s Issue category of The Next Generation Indie Book Awards.

  Read our review in the July 2020 issue:
 The King & The Quirky 

 

July 2020

 
A A Freda's Sam and James: A Test of Will was named best thriller of 2020 by Pacific Book Review.
 Read our review in the February 2020 issue:
Sam and James: A Test of Will  

June 2020

Linda Naseem's Eden was a Gold Winner in the 2018 Human Relations Indie Book Awards in the category "Historical Realistic Fiction." It was also a 2018 Finalist in the Drunken Druid Book Awards.

Read our review in the May 2020 issue.

M.J. Polelle's The Mithras Conspiracy won a 2020 Eric Hoffer Book Award Gold Seal for Category Finalist.

Read our review in the December 2019 issue.


Geraldine Brown Giomblanco's memoir Geraldina & the Compass Rose has earned a number of awards this spring:

2020 Winner - Romance  - Eric Hoffer Awards
2020 Winner - First Horizon  - Eric Hoffer Awards
2020 Finalist - Inspirational -   Next Generation Indie Awards 
2020 Finalist - Relationships - Next Generation Indie Awards
2020 Finalist - Romance - Next Generation Indie Awards
2020 Grand Prize Short List - Eric Hoffer Book Awards

Read our review in the December 2019 issue.

May 2020

Cynthia Greenwood's Deciphering Shakespeare's Plays won a first prize (Gold) award for Reference last June, from Foreword INDIE book reviews:

https://cynthiagreenwood.com/deciphering-shakespeares-plays-receives-the-foreword-indies-top-prize-for-reference-nonfiction-in-annual-book-of-the-year-awards/

Read our review in the April 2020 issue.


 

February 2020

Nancy Cohen's Writing the Cozy Mystery: Expanded Second Edition has earned the following awards:

Gold Award Winner in the Royal Palm Literary Awards
Gold Medal Winner in the President's Book Awards
First Place Winner in
TopShelf Magazine Book Awards
Agatha Awards Finalist
Finalist in the IAN Book of the Year Awards
Murder on the Beach Mystery Bookstore Bestseller List

Website: https://nancyjcohen.com/writing-the-cozy-mystery-expanded-second-edition/

Read our review in the October 2018 issue.

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Keith Steinbaum's You Say Goodbye has enjoyed the following accolades and awards:
FINALIST in the international Book Excellence Awards competition 

 2020 TopShelf Book Awards nominee
HONORABLE MENTION (top 8 placing among hundreds of entrants in the mystery category) - for the international Readers Favorite competition
Top 5 star review - Readers Favorite
Top 4 star review - OnlineBookClub.org
Read our review in the January 2020 issue.

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Yancey Williams's The Resurrection of Jesus has been chosen by The Book Bag, UK as one of their top ten published authors:
Top Ten Self-Published Books of 2019

http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/index.php?title=Top_Ten_Self-Published_Books_2019


July 2019

Andy Wolfendons FISHERMANS COURT won first place in the 2018 Novel Opening
Chapter & Synopsis Competition, an international contest run out of the UK by
Flash500. It was also an Editor’s Choice from Best Thrillers and Indie Reader and a
winner of a 5-star silver seal from Readers’ Favorite.
 
Read our review in the August 2019 issue.

Linda Yoshida's HIGH FLYING won First Place for Suspense in the 2019 Independent Press Award. 

Read our review in the July 2019 issue.

June 2019

Alan Kessler's The Butcher has received some award recognition: a semi-finalist in the 2018 William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition and a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Montaigne medal given to the most thought provoking book.

Read our review in the May 2019 issue.

August 2018

Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher always loved New York. Last week, at the Awards Ceremony for the New York Book Festival, New York showed that it loves Debbie and Carrie, too.  BEST BIOGRAPHY New York Book Festival, 2018.

Read our review in the June 2018 issue, of Danford Prince and Darwin Porter's Carrie Fisher & Debbie Reynolds.

July 2018

 Serial K Returns by Brian Gallagher won the Gold Medal Winner of 2017  - the only gold medal in the category; and was proclaimed the Thriller of the Year in the thriller-mystery-murder category.

  Read our review of Serial K Returns in the June 2017 issue, here: Serial K Returns 

 March 2018

All three Coin of Rulve books by Veronica Dale (Blood Seed, Dark Twin, and Time Candle) won the five-star silver seal from Readers' Favorite Book Review.

 Read our review of Blood Seed in the February 2016 issue, here: Blood Seed: Coin of Rulve Book One  

Read our review of Dark Twin in the January 2017 issue, here Dark Twin 

 Read our review of Time Candle in the February 2018 issue, here Time Candle 


February 2018

Rose Stiffin's third novel, Groovin on the Half Shell, got HM in London International Book Festival. 

 Read our review of her book in the November 2017 issue, here: Groovin' on the Half Shell 


Margie Kaptanoglu's Dreadmarrow Thief was a Novel-in-Progress Semi-finalist for the 2017 William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competitionl. 

 Read our review of her book in the January 2018 issue, here: Dreadmarrow Thief 


Miantae Metcalf McConnell's Deliverance Mary Fields was featured as one of the Best New Books 2018 in O, The Oprah Magazine (http://www.oprah.com/book/best-new-books-january-2018-deliverance-mary-fields#ixzz54PHfaSjV). 

 Read our review of her book in the December 2016 issue, here: 

Deliverance Mary Fields, First African American Woman Star Route Mail Carrier in the United States: A Montana History  

THE NEW HUMANS, by futurist-visionary Charol Messenger, was the winner in the "Spiritual Awakening of Humanity" category of the 2017 Soul-Bridge Body-Mind-Spirit Book Awards of Europe.

Read our review of Charol's book, here: THE NEW HUMANS: Second Genesis 

January 2018

Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince's book Rock Hudson Erotic Fire was designated, in November 2017, as BEST BIOGRAPHY from the 2017  Northern California Book Festival, and BEST BIOGRAPHY from the 2017 Southern California Book Festival. 

 Read our review of their book in the January 2018 issue.

December 2017

Charol Messenger's book THE NEW HUMANS: Second Genesis (Book 2 "The New Humanity" Series) won second place (the sole finalist) in the in the "body mind spirit," category of Book Excellence Awards in October, 2017. In 2016 her series also won international acclaim: First Place Winner - YOU 2.0 in personal growth and self-development, Second Place - Humanity 2.0 in spirituality (Book 1 "The New Humanity" Series, fourth award), and Second Place - The Power of Courage: My Story of Abuse in new nonfiction.

Read our reviews of her books:

The Power of Courage: An Uplifting Saga of Moving Beyond Abuse 

Humanity 2.0: The Transcension

September 2017

Christina M. Pages has won the prestigious Eloquent Quill Award and the Gold Award from Children's Literary Classics for her children's novel Lucy in her Secret Wood.

Read the review of Lucy in her Secret Wood in our August 2017 issue, here:

Lucy in Her Secret Wood 

John Arvai Off the Hook: A Christmas Ornament Adventure has won two honors: it was the Silver Medal Winner, Readers' Favorite International Book Contest, 2017 and also won the NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, 2017. It's really racking up the awards and mentions, winning the Grand Prize at the Holiday Book Festival, 2017; the National Indie Excellence Awards, 2017; Honorable Mentions as Foreword's INDIES Book Of The Year, 2016, at the Los Angeles Book Festival, 2017 and again at the Hollywood Book Festival, 2017; and enjoying 5 Stars as a Readers' Favorite, 2016.

Read the review of Off the Hook in our September 2017 issue, here:

Off the Hook: A Christmas Ornament Adventure


August 2017

Two books written by Danforth Prince and Darwin Porter have each won first place book awards. Lana Turner: Hearts and Diamonds Take All has won the Best Biography at the Beach Book festival, and in June of 2017, the judges at the San Francisco Book Festival honored Blood Moon’s overview of Lana Turner with the award of Best Biography, as well. Donald Trump: The Man Who Would Be King won Best Biography at the New York Book Festival. Previous honors bestowed in this book include wins from the both the Florida and California Book Festivals, each of which designated this as their respective “Best Biography of the Year.

Read the review of Donald Trump in our October 2016 issue, here:

Biography & Autobiography

Read the review of Lana Turner in our Biography section in the June 2017 issue here:

Biography & AutoBiography


Understanding the Alacran  By Jonathan LaPoma is a finalist in the 2017 Florida Authors and Publishers Association President's Awards (contemporary/literary category).

Read the review of Dunderstanding the Alacran here:

Understanding the Alacrán 


Bette Lee Crosby's book Silver Threads won the 2017 Indie Reader Next Generation Discovery Gold Medal for Chick Lit and also won the 2017 International Book Award for Women's Fiction/Chick Lit.

Read the review of Silver Threads here:

Silver Threads 


July 2017

Kathleen Dooler's book THE HOOK: Surfing to Survive a Shattered Family, Drugs, Gangs and the FBI is a finalist for the action-adventure category of the 11th annual National Indie Excellence Awards:

https://www.indieexcellence.com/11th-annual-finalists

Read the review of Doler's book, here:
THE HOOK: Surfing to Survive a Shattered Family, Drugs, Gangs and the FBI 


Miantae Metcalf McConnell's Deliverance Mary Fields, First African American Woman Star Route Mail Carrier in the United States: A Montana History is a finalist in The Wishing Shelf Book Awards, in the U.K.; the Adult Nonfiction Category:

https://www.thewsa.co.uk/finalists2016/

Read the review of McConnell's book, here:

Deliverance Mary Fields, First African American Woman Star Route Mail Carrier in the United States: A Montana History 

June 2017

Write to Influence! By Carla D. Bass has been recognized as a Finalist (Career category) in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards.

http://www.indiebookawards.com/

Read the review of Carla D. Bass's book, here:

Write to Influence! 


May 2017

The Miller Family's book Soldier's Stories: A Collection of WWII Memoirs received the 2017 Ella Dickey Literacy Award.

The Ella Dickey Literacy Award is presented annually in honor of Marshfield’s first librarian, Ella Dickey. Dickey served in this capacity for over 50 years. The award honors national authors who have contributed to the preservation of history and was first presented in 2002 by the Webster County Literacy Council.

http://www.cherryblossomfest.com/WordPress/?page_id=310

Read the review of The Miller Family's book, here:

Soldier's Stories: A Collection of WWII Memoirs 


Mary Ann Cherry's book Death on won finalist status in the international Reader’s Favorite Book contest in the Mystery-Sleuth category 2016, and it won third place in the “Great Beginnings” competition of the Romance Writer’s of America competition (Utah Chapter) when it was just a few pages long.

Read the review of Death on Canvas, here:

Death on Canvas 


January 2017

Rene Pineda's book THE ILLITERATE INVESTOR received the Canada Book Award 2016. The Canada Book Awards program recognizes and promotes Canadian author outstanding accomplishment. The Canada Book Awards is an ongoing book assessment program that honours Canadian authors regardless of when their books and/or eBooks were published.

 https://canadabookaward.com/

 Read the review of Rene Pineda's book, here: The Illiterate Investor 

November 2016 

 1.  Charol Messenger's books YOU 2.0, THE POWER OF COURAGE, and HUMANITY 2.0 have each received Book Excellence Awards. You 2.0: Higher Self Consciousness (Living Your Infinite Self) is a global winner in the category Personal Growth (one winner, one finalist, per category); The Power of Courage: An Uplifting Saga of Moving Beyond Abuse is the one finalist (i.e., 2nd place), globally, in the category 'New Nonfiction'; and Humanity 2.0: The New Humanity (expanded edition: The Transcension) is the one finalist" (i.e., 2nd place) in the category Spirituality.

https://www.bookexcellenceawardwinners.com

https://bookexcellenceawardfinalists.com/

Read the review of Charol Messenger's book, here: The Power of Courage: An Uplifting Saga of Moving Beyond Abuse 

 Read the review of Charol Messenger's book, here: Humanity 2.0: The Transcension

 
2.  Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince's Donald Trump: The Man Who Would Be King,  was the runner up in the Southern California Book Festival's 'Biography/Autobiography' contest.

www.southerncaliforniabookfestival.com /

 Read the review of Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince's book, here (in the Biography/Autobiography section - scroll down): Biography & Autobiography

September 2016 

 

1.  Andrew Diamond’s IMPALA has been named by Amazon as one of the top 10 mystery/thrillers of Sept, 2016:
                amzn.to/2bM4w10 

 Read the review of Andrew Diamond’s book, here: Impala

 

  1. Nina Norstroms NOT A BLUEPRINT has beenhonored as an “Award-Winning Finalist” in the Self-Improvement: Relationships category of the 2016 Bookvana Awards, from a field of hundreds of authors and publishers.:

http://www.bookvana.com/2016awardannouncement.html

 Read the review of Nina Nordstrom’s book, here: Not a Blueprint / It's the Shoe Prints that Matter 

June 2016 

Kenneth Eade's KILLER.COM has won "best legal thriller" in the 2016 Beverly Hills Book Awards: 

http://www.beverlyhillsbookawards.com/4th-BHBA-Winners-and-Finalists.htm

May 2016

 

1.  Neil Hansons  PILGRIM WHEELS has won five awards:

·         FIRST PLACE – Independent Publisher Living Now Book Awards

·         WINNER – National Indie Excellence Book Awards

·         SILVER HONOREE – Benjamin Franklin Digital Award

·         SECOND PLACE – Great Southwest Book Festival

·         SECOND PLACE – CIPA EVVY Awards

 Read the review of Neil Hanson's book, here: Pilgrim Wheels 

       

January 2016

1.  Michael Bowler’s  WARRIOR KIDS has won two awards:
http://www.londonbookfestival.com/

http://www.newenglandbookfestival.com/winners2015.html

 Read the review of Michael Bowler’s book, here: 

Warrior Kids

November  2015
 

1.  Jonathan LaPoma’s Developing Minds is a first place winner in the 2015 Stargazer Literary Prizes in the Visionary and Metaphysical Fiction category: 

http://blog.stargazerliteraryprizes.com//  

Read the review of Jonathan LaPoma’s book, here: 

Developing Minds: An American Ghost Story

 

2. Janet Shawgo's Find Me Again won three awards at the Chanticleer Book Awards in Bellingham WA. First place Mystery/Mayhem Romance, First place Chatelaine Romance blended genre and Grand Prize winner Chatelaine Category for Romance. 

Links: 

http://www.chantireviews.com/ 

http://www.internationalbookawards.com/ 

https://readersfavorite.com/ 

http://www.indiebookawards.com/ 

Read the review of Janet Shawgo's book, here:  

Find Me Again


October 2015

 1.  Jonathan LaPoma’s Developing Minds is a finalist in the 2015 Stargazer Literary Prizes in the Visionary and Metaphysical Fiction category:

 http://blog.stargazerliteraryprizes.com/2015/06/07/finalist-winner-developing-minds-an-american-ghost-story/ 

Read the review of Jonathan LaPoma’s book, here: Developing Minds: An American Ghost Story 

 

2.  Lynn Dempsey’s Colors! Take the Dog Out and Numbers! Take the Dog Out won Honorable Mention in the Readers' Favorite International Book Awards: 

 https://readersfavorite.com/2015-award-contest-winners.htm 

 Numbers! was also a Finalist in the 2015 International Book Awards: 

http://www.internationalbookawards.com/2015awardannouncement.html 


Read the reviews of Lynn Dempsey’s books here:
Colors! Take the Dog Out!   Numbers! Take the Dog Out 

 

3. Two of Vadim Babenko’s books won the Indie Excellence Awards this year: Semmant got the Science Fiction award, and A Simple Soul received the most prestigious Fiction-General award: 

http://www.indieexcellence.com/indie-results-2015-winners.htm 

Read the review of Vadim Babenko’s book here: Semmant

4. Kerry Dunnington’s Tasting the Seasons won several awards: 

The Benjamin Franklin award - best new redesign
The Eric Hoffer award - finalist in the general cookbook category
The National Indie book award - winner in the general cookbook category
The Green Book Festival award - honoring books that contribute to greater understanding, respect for and positive action on changing worldwide environment. 

Read the review of Kerry Dunnington’s book Tasting the Seasons on our Culinary Reviews page, second down:
http://donovansliteraryservices.com/september-2015-ipp.html#ccc
 

5. Jeanne A. Jackson and photographer Craig Tooley’s Mendonoma: Sightings Throughout the Year has also won numerous awards: 

Indie Excellence Gold Award: http://indieexcellence.com/indie-results-2015-winners.htm#78 

Benjamin Franklin Silver Award: http://www.ibpa-online.org/ibpa-benjamin-franklin-awards-2015-finalists/#nature 

Independent Publishers Bronze Award: http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1937 

Read the review, here:  Mendonoma Sightings Throughout the Year 

6. High on Low: Harnessing the Power of Unhappiness by Wilhelm Schmid has also won two awards: the 2015 Independent Publisher Book Award for Self Help and the 2015 Living Now Book Award for Personal Growth: 

2015 Living Now Book Award for Personal Growth 

Read the review, here:  High on Low: Harnessing the Power of Unhappiness 


September 2015

 

         1.  Chris Madsen’s Rowdy has won several awards!:

            Non Fiction Book Awards - Gold Medal Award Winner   4/15/2015

              http://nonfictionauthorsassociation.com/book-award-winner-rowdy/

 
              IndieReader Discovery - Award Winner Biography  5/6/2015

              http://indiereader.com/irda/?irda_winners=rowdy

 
               Clemens Medal Recipient, from Association of Independent Authors                      8/11/2015

                https://www.facebook.com/pages/Association-of-Independent-Authors/


                 International Book Awards - Biography, Award Winning Finalist   5/21/2015

                   http://www.internationalbookawards.com/2015awardannouncement.html

 
                    Next Generation Indie Book Awards - Biography, Award Winning Finalist  5/7/2015

                   http://www.indiebookawards.com/2015_winners_and_finalists.php

 
                    San Francisco Book Festival - Biography, Award Winning Honorable Mention  5/13/2015

                    http://sanfranciscobookfestival.com/winners_2015.htm

                     New York Book Festival – Biography, Award Winning Honorable Mention  6/10/2015

                    http://newyorkbookfest.brinkster.net/portal/content.asp?ContentID=795

                     Read the review of Chris Madsen’s book, here:  Rowdy 

 

2. Michelle B. Assor’s SNAYGILL: Slithery Temptations is a finalist in the category of Juvenile Fiction in the 9th Annual 2015 National Indie Excellence® Awards !: http://www.indieexcellence.com/

        Read the review of Michelle Assor’s book, here:  Snaygill: Slithery Temptations


August 2015

         1. Karen Solomon’s Hearts Beneath the Badge has won several awards!:

2015 Non-Fiction Book of the Year - National Indie Excellence Awards
http://www.indieexcellence.com/indie-results-2015-winners.htm

2015 Third Place Non-Fiction Book of the Year - American Public Safety Writers:

http://policewriter.com/wordpress/writing-competition-results-archive/

Read the review of Karen Solomon’s book, here:  Hearts Beneath the Badge

2. William Peake’s The Oblate’s Confession has won four national awards!:

A silver award in the Benjamin Franklin Awards for "Best New Voice: Fiction

A National Indie Excellence Award in the category "Religion: Fiction

A second place finish (Catholic Novel category)

And a third place (First Time Author of a Book category) in the Catholic Press Association's Book Awards

 Read the review of William Peake’s book, here:  The Oblate's Confession

 

3.    William Andrews’ Daughters Of The Dragon - A Comfort Woman's Story was atop Amazon's bestseller list for historical fiction/Japan for many weeks. Over 50k sold and still selling.

Read all about his award, here:  http://www.indieexcellence.com/indie-results-2015-winners.htm The category is historical fiction.

             Read the review of William Andrews’ book, here: Daughters Of The Dragon  


July 2015

 1.    C. Behrens’ children’s story “Savanna’s Treasure” has won a B.R.A.G. Medallion® award! This Book Readers Appreciation Group Award is designed for new and self-published authors, to identify superior works. Some 50% of the books submitted fail to pass the initial screen and another 40% are subsequently rejected by the B.R.A.G. readers. Thus, only 10% of the books we consider are awarded a B.R.A.G. Medallion and are presented on their website as recommendations, making this a high honor indeed!

 Read all about the award, here: http://www.bragmedallion.com/about

 Read the review of C. Behrens’ book here: Savanna's Treasure

 
2.   
Katy Pye’s young adult saga “Elizabeth’s Landing” is a multiple award-winning story, with numerous awards to its name!

 Read all about the awards, here:

 http://www.nautilusbookawards.com/2014_SILVER_Winners.html

 Mom's Choice Awards: Gold-Young Adult Fiction

 Indie Book Awards: 2014 Category Winner-Children's/Juvenile Fiction

 Writer's Digest Self-Published e-Book Awards: 2013 First in Fiction

 Read the review of Katy Pye’s book here: Elizabeth's Landing 

 

3.    Randall Reneau’s Legend of War Creek snagged an Honorable Mention at the Hollywood Book Festival!

 Read all about it, here: http://www.hollywoodbookfestival.com/winners2015.htm  

 Watch for our review of his book in August’s issue!

 4.    “Love Triangle”, Blood Moon Productions’ overview of the early dramas associated with Ronald Reagan’s scandal-soaked career in Hollywood, has been designated by the Awards Committee of this year’s Hollywood Book Festival as Runner-Up to Best Biography of the Year.

 Read all about the award and its winners, here:  http://www.hollywoodbookfestival.com/winners2015.htm

 Read the review of Darwin Porter and Danford Prince’s title here: Love Triangle 


June 2015

 1. Anthony Elgin’s new book "The Alcatraz Rose" has been chosen as the winner in the 2015 "International Book Awards" in the Fiction, Mystery/Suspense category. This year’s awards program brought in over 1200 entries from 15 countries, the largest ever since the awards program’s inception, in 2009. In addition, the book was a finalist in the National Indie Excellence Book Awards and got an Honorable Mention in the Paris Book Festival.

Read all about the award, here:    http://www.internationalbookawards.com/ 

Read the review of Anthony Elgin’s book here:    The Alcatraz Rose

 
 May 2015

 John Anthony Brennans' new book "Don't Die With Regrets" has been chosen as the winner in the 2015 "Next Generation Indie Book Awards" Memoir section. An award ceremony and presentation will be held at the Harvard Club in Manhattan on Wednesday,  May 27, 2015.

 Read all about the award, here:    www.IndieBookAwards.com

 Read the review of John Anthony Brennan’s book here:    Don't Die with Regrets