Award
Winning!
These books have recently
won awards, and are especially
deserving of ongoing acclaim!
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
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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
Read the review of Death on Canvas, here:
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.
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.
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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.
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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
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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
http://www.newenglandbookfestival.com/winners2015.html
Read the review of Michael Bowler’s book, here:
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:
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Read the review of Jonathan LaPoma’s book, here:
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:
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http://www.indiebookawards.
Read the review of Janet Shawgo's book, here:
October 2015
1. Jonathan LaPoma’s Developing Minds is a finalist in the 2015 Stargazer Literary Prizes in the Visionary and Metaphysical Fiction category:
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/
Numbers! was also a Finalist in the 2015 International Book Awards:
http://www.
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.
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:
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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/
Benjamin
Franklin Silver Award: http://www.ibpa-online.org/
Independent
Publishers Bronze Award: http://www.
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
September 2015
1. Chris Madsen’s Rowdy has won several awards!:
Non Fiction Book Awards - Gold Medal Award Winner 4/15/2015
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IndieReader
Discovery - Award Winner Biography
5/6/2015
http://indiereader.com/irda/?
Clemens Medal
Recipient, from Association of Independent Authors
8/11/2015
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International Book Awards - Biography, Award Winning Finalist 5/21/2015
http://www.
Next
Generation Indie Book Awards
- Biography, Award Winning Finalist
5/7/2015
http://www.indiebookawards.
San
Francisco Book Festival
- Biography, Award Winning
Honorable Mention 5/13/2015
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New York Book Festival – Biography, Award Winning Honorable Mention 6/10/2015
http://newyorkbookfest.
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.
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/
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.
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.
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.
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.
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