Hollywood Buckaroo
Honorable Mention,
2012 San Francisco Book Festival

Author: Tracy DeBrincat After his father dies, Sander Sanderson must decide whether he wants to fix toilets or make movies. When the opportunity to direct a hamburger commercial in a wild west town falls into his lap, Sander seems to have it made…until love, locals, gunslingers and Mother Nature intervene.

On Sale: Employers Get Good Workers Dirt Cheap
Honorable Mention,
2012 New England Book Festival

Author: Tracy L. Kinne In 2007, Tracy Kinne left the newspaper where she had worked for most of her 21 years in journalism and took a low-pay retail job. This is her story and the stories of her co-workers, a hardworking but under-appreciated cross section of today’s workforce.

Destined:
a novel of the Tarot
Honorable Mention,
2012 New England Book Festival

Author: Gail Cleare Follow Emily’s journey to self-discovery, community, spirit and love. A contemporary magic-realism romance with engaging multi-cultural characters, this “novel of the Tarot” begins each chapter with a card from the Higher Arcane and shows how the ancient path to wisdom might manifest in real life.

Muriel Spark – Time in Her Fiction
Honorable Mention,
2012 London Book Festival

Author: Linette Arthurton Bruno Muriel Spark saw the world as a stage where ‘all the men and women are merely players’ having their ‘moments’ on the stage of life. In her fiction, old people become babes again. Schoolboys (or girls) grow into their prime – a cycle of life that is akin to the seasons.

A Breath Away
Winner, 2012 London Book Festival

Author: Jeanne Selander Miller What do you do when your whole world gets turned upside down? What do you do when you don’t get the life that you were expecting or that some how you thought you were entitled to? How do you learn to embrace your life just the way it is?

The Old Rectory:
escape to a country kitchen
Winner, 2012 London Book Festival

Author: Dr Julia Ibbotson When Julia first saw the delapidated Victorian rectory in the heart of England’s countryside, she determined to make the neglected house glow again,as a home centred on the kitchen. This memoir follows the trials and joys of therenovation, researching its history and discovering what is important in life.

In the Face of Evil
Honorable Mention,
2012 Los Angeles Book Festival

Author: Tema N Merback Finalist National Jewish Book Awards. A timeless story of the upheavals of war, the tenacious endurance of love and the resilience of the human spirit. It is an epic journey through the nightmare of the Holocaust-the single most defining moment in modern history, as told through the eyes of a young…

Happily Ever After…Right Now
2011 New York Book Contest

Author: Luann Robinson Hull This two time award winning book cracks the code to relationship challenges and shows readers step by step how to unravel the patterns, habits, and cycles that have kept them stuck. It paves the way for a new relationship story that includes a formula for joyful, happy living…right now!

The Dark Before Dawn
Honorable Mention,
2012 Hollywood Book Festival

Author: Laurie Stevens A killer’s identity is locked within the suppressed childhood memory of the detective who hunts him. Named to Kirkus Review’s Best of 2011, The Dark Before Dawn explores the fear we face in facing our fear. “Memorable characters, macabre scenes and a dazzling portrayal of reality” Kirkus Review

To Live and Die for Dance
Runner-Up Purple Dragonfly Book Contest

Author: Francine Paino To Live and Die for Dance depicts the struggles of a teenager with a passion for dance who must overcome many obstacles, including her own insecurities and doubts. Is Chelly Bernardi willing to do what it takes for a chance to make it as a professional dancer while confronting a ghost and…