Vincent Figueredo The Curious History of the Heart takes a panoptic look at the role and meaning of the heart over the whole of human history. This book explores the role and significance of the heart in art, culture, religion, philosophy, and science across time and place.
Voices of the Basque SignetHonorable Mention
2024 San Francisco Book Festival
Gala Gabirondo These overlapping tales move back and forth across time and generations. From the mountains of the Basque country and old Puerto Rico, to Madrid, San Juan, New York, Los Angeles, and revolutionary Nicaragua, the Itsasmendía, Quijano, and Romero clans navigate the twentieth century’s upheavals with humor, hope, and tenacity.
Charlotte’s Ghosts: The Mystery of the Vanishing BoyRunner-Up
2024 Beach Book Festival
L. P. Simone he spring before 7th Grade, tragedy strikes C. C. Cross. Dad won’t be coming home from Afghanistan… …Jeremy Turner wants to join Lincoln’s army and shoot himself some Rebels, but Ma won’t sign the enlistment papers. Can these two broken hearts, one a ghost, help each other?
Saving MarinaRunner-Up
2024 Beach Book Festival
Ines Ferrari Garcia To the outside world, Teresa has everything: an interesting career, a loving husband, and a beautiful daughter, but soon, her perfect life will fall apart. “Saving Marina” has everything one looks for in a book: a compelling thriller with an emotional edge and lots of twists.
SEEKING CLOSUREHonorable Mention
2024 San Francisco Book Festival
MONSIEUR SERENDIPITY A story about diversity, love, loyalty, and philosophy. Blinding conforming, we surrender to love, career, family, and legacy. How does sexual orientation affect one’s attitude toward these four pillars? What is true love? What is family? Is it luck or skill? How do I want to be remembered?
THE WINDY FORESTHonorable Mention
2024 Los Angeles Book Festival
Sherry A. Jackson Ronda a successful investigating newspaper reporter quits her job in the city and moved to a small remote town in the mountains where she has inherited her late aunt’s cabin and gift shop. When evidence surfaced that her late aunt’s accidental fall off a cliff may not have been an accident, Rhonda…
The HollowWinner
2024 San Francisco Book Festival
Christopher L Thomas Bruce Westman, an Iraqi War Veteran suffering from PTSD turned private investigator, and his brother Jeffrey, a police detective, chase a serial killer across Connecticut in a deadly pursuit to stop him before he kills again.
Near the Danube BridgeWinner
2024 Great Midwest Book Festival
Catherine Allen-Walters Kalman Hartig (1930-2021) was born into an affluent family in the former Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He was exposed to music, art, and literature at a young age. After joining the American Seventh-day Adventist movement that had been sweeping through war-torn Europe, he discovered how difficult life would be living in what would become…
Stepping UpHonorable Mention
2024 Los Angeles Book Festival
Joe Groh Stepping Up is a collection of witty, poignant, and inspirational stories of a physically challenged life. Based on real life experiences, this book chronicles incredible, informational, and just plain funny stories from the lives of disabled authors. Together they offer a compelling window into lives of determination, perseverance, and hope.
Society and the Machine: Navigating Ethics in the Age of Artificial IntelligenceWinner
2024 London Book Festival
Ashish K Saxena Artificial Intelligence is reshaping our world, from social media to healthcare, education to governance, transforming how we live, work, and think. Society and the Machine: Navigating Ethics in the Age of Artificial Intelligence delves deep into the ethical debates surrounding AI’s power, inviting you to join a critical conversation on the future…