independent press award

Independent Press Award

is proud to announce the

2017 Winners

Adventure to Architecture

Adventure

Find Me Again by
Janet K Shawgo

Addiction & Recovery

Girl Walks Out of a Bar by
Lisa F. Smith

Adult Coloring Books

Other Worlds An Intergalactic Coloring Book by
Saul Rosenbaum

African American Fiction

Daddy's Girl by
Ben Burgess Jr

Aging/Midlife

Midlife Happy Hour by
Elaine Ambrose

Alternative Medicine

Awaken Your Greater Health-How Energy Medicine Opens the Way To Healing by
Heidi DuPree, RN, CTN

Animals-Pets

Being A Super Pet Parent by
Donna Chicone

Anthology

Every Father's Daughter: 24 Women Writers Remember...Margaret McMullan, ed.

Architecture

The Building by
José Aragüez

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Art to Book Cover Design: Fiction

Art

Mary Mito: Collages by
Arden Reed

Arts and Entertainment

Misfortunes of T-Funk by
Barnaby Hazen

Audiobook

Battlefield Earth by
L. Ron Hubbard

Autobiography

I'll Never Tell: Odyssey of a Rock & Roll Priest by
Harry G Schlitt

Biography: General

With God in America: by
Walter J. Ciszek, SJ

Biography: Historical

The War Within, the Story of Josef by
Patricia Walkow

Bk Cover Design Childrens

Piccadilly and the Fairy Polka by
Lisa Anne Novelline

Bk Cover Design Fiction

The Afflictions by
Vikram Paralkar

Bk Cover Design Nonfiction

Grief Demystified: A
Companion Through Change by
Brenda J. DeMotte

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Book Interior Design Non-Fiction to Childrens: Religion Fiction

Bk Interior Design Nonfiction

I Lived This: A Workbook for Writing Your Life Story by Jessica Reeder & Christina Atkins

Bus: Entrepreneurship

RECALCULATING, 97+ Experts On Driving Small Business Growth. JoAnn Laing

Business: General

Thoughtfully Ruthless: The Key to
Exponential Growth by Val Wright

Business: Motivational

The Power of Breaking Fear by
Tim S. Marshall

Cancer, Survival

Live Like Crazy by
Sally Ann Nisberg

Career

The Career Catapult by
Roopa Unnikrishnan

Chick-Lit

First Friday: How Virginity Nearly Killed Me by
Tory Hartmann

Childrens: Fiction

Priscilla the Pack Rat: Making Room for Friendship by Claudine Crangle

Childrens: Religion Fiction

Momma, Momma, Who Made the Stars? by
Rosa Purcell

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Childrens: Religion Non-Fiction to Cultural Criticism

Childrens Religion Nonfiction

Dear Pope Francis: The Pope Answers Letters from Children Around the World. Pope Francis

Childrens Chapter Bk (Ages 4-8)

Buzzy and Thomas Move into the President's House by Vicki Tashman

Childrens: Inspirational

Where Did They Go? by
Katrina-Jane

Childrens: Nonfiction

If You Were Me and Lived in...the Ancient Mali Empire by
Carole P. Roman

Christian: General

Who Does He Say You Are? Women Transformed by Christ in the Gospels. Written by
Colleen C. Mitchell

Christian: Nonfiction

Eager to Love: The Alternative
Way of Francis of Assisi by
Richard Rohr

Cookbook International

A taste of gwinganna

Cross-Genre

The Illusion by
Patrick M. Garry

Cultural Criticism

American Stew: Hope in a Toxic Culture by
Stephen James

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Death & Dying to General Fiction

Death & Dying

Grief Demystified: A Companion Through Change by Brenda J. DeMotte

Environment

Wendell Berry and the Given Life by
Ragan Sutterfield

Epic Fantasy

Primeval Origins: Light of Honor by
Brett Vonsik

Erotica

Alexander's Quest by
S. Jackson

Fantasy

Shadow Mountain by
Tess Collins

Fashion: Style

Quintessential Style: Cultivate and Communicate Your Signature Look by
Janna Beatty and Sharon White

Finance

Private Money Lending: Learn How to Consistently Generate ... by
Gustavo J. Gomez, PhD

Friendship

Fill the Sky by
Katherine A. Sherbrooke

General Fiction

Before the Court of Heaven by
Jack Mayer

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Gift Books: Children's to Horror

Gift Books: Childrens

The Reading Promise by
Troy Kent

Green

Green is Good by
Elizabeth Gorcey

Grief

Renato After Alba by
Eugene Mirabelli

Health & Fitness

The Canyon Ranch Guide to Men's Health by
Stephen C. Brewer, MD, ABFM

Historical Fiction

Before the Court of Heaven by
Jack Mayer

History: United States

A Nation Wholly Free: The Elimination of the National Debt in the Age of Jackson by
Carl Lane

History: World

Columbus The Untold Story by
Manuel Rosa

Holiday

The Soul of Christmas by
Thomas Moore

Horror

HOME: A Novel by
Charles W. Jones

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How-to to Legal Thriller

How-to

Coaching From A Professed Hot Mess by
Brooke Lewis

Humor

Date Expectations by
Juliana Gribbins

Humor: Childrens

Stinky Blinky by
Troy Kent

Inspirational

Memories Of My Future by
Ammar Habib & Anil Sinha

Judaism

Fractured Faiths: Spanish Judaism, The Inquisition, and New World Identities by
Roger L. Martinez-Davila, Josef Diaz, Ron D. Hart

Juvenile Fiction

Archie Wilson & The Nuckelavee by
Mark A. Cooper

Juvenile Nonfiction

Learning to Plan and Be Organized: Executive Function Skills for Kids with AD/HD by
Kathleen G. Nadeau PhD and Charles Beyl

Leadership

Leading People Safely: How to Win on the Business Battlefield by
Brian L. Fielkow and James T. Schultz

Legal Thriller

Law and Disorder by
Mike Papantonio

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LGBTQ Fiction to Military Non-Fiction

LGBTQ Fiction

A Rainbow Together by
Danny Davies

LGBTQ Nonfiction

Housewife: Home Re-Making
in a Transgender Marriage by
Kristin K. Collier

Literary Fiction

The Healing of Howard Brown by
Jeb Stewart Harrison

Marriage

Don't Settle: How to Marry the
Man You Were Meant For by
Scott Carroll, MD

Medical Mystery

Cut: A Medical Murder Mystery by
Amy S. Peele

Medical Thriller

Yellow Death by
Alex Lettau

Memoir

Fourteen, A Daughter's Memoir of
Adventure, Sailing, and Survival by
Leslie Johansen Nack

Military Fiction

The Oath by
Dennis Koller

Military: Nonfiction

SHOT DOWN: The true story of pilot Howard Snyder and the crew... by Steve Snyder

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Multicultural to Photography

Multicultural

Closer Together by
Juliet Aharoni

Mystery

Distress Signals by
Catherine Ryan Howard

New Adult Fiction

Hidden Secrets - Secrets and Second Chances Book 2 by Donna M. Zadunajsky

New Fiction (First Time Published)

The Alienation of Courtney Hoffman by
Brady Stefani

New Nonfiction

Part of the Family: Christadelphians, the
Kindertransport, and... by Jason Hensley

Nonfiction

Scapegoat by
Emilio Corsetti, III

Paranormal Thriller

Face of the Bell Witch: Book One of The Medium Series by Jerry Gundersheimer

Parenting & Family

10 Steps to ALMOST Perfect Parenting by
Mary Ellen Renna, MD, FAAP

Photography

Pure Quill: Photographs
by Barbara Van Cleve.
Author: Susan Hallsten

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Picture Books - 0 to 3 to Relationships

Picture Books: Ages 0 to 3

A New Life Begins, The Adventures of Zealy and Whubba Book 1 by Roe De Pinto

Picture Books: Ages 4-8

Piccadilly and the Waltzing Wind by
Lisa Anne Novelline

Picture Books: All Ages

The Growing Sweater by
Jason J. Marchi

Poetry

Digest by
Gregory Pardlo

Political Thriller

The Book of Zev by
Marilyn Ida Horowitz

Preschool & Early Reader

Zealy's Very First Swim: The Adventures of Zealy and Whubba Book 2, Series 1
by Roe DePinto

Psychology

When an Adult You Love Has ADHD: by
Russell A. Barkley, PhD

Relationships

The Space Between: A Memoir of Mother-Daughter...by Virginia A. Simpson

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Religion: Fiction to Short Stories

Religion: Fiction

The Clay Messiah by
Karen Rae Levine

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Romance

Hostile Takeover A Love Story by
Phyllis J. Piano

Romantic Comedy

Mixing It Up by
Tracie Banister

Romantic Suspense

Reagan's Redemption by
Cate Beauman

Science Fiction

Soledad: Dark Republic Book One by
D. L. Young

Self-Help Motivational

Answering Your Inner Calling: 3 Practices for Following Your Soul's...by Lisa Espinosa

Self Help Spiritual

Hidden Blessings: Midlife Crisis as a Spiritual...by Jett Psaris PhD and Gay Hendricks PhD

Short Stories

The Complete Stories by
Mary Butts

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Social/Political Change to Travel

Social/Political Change

The Kidney Sellers: A Journey of Discovery in Iran by Sigrid Fry-Revere

Specialty Books

The Slate Roof Bible, Everything You Need to Know About the World's...by Joseph C. Jenkins

Spirituality

The Joy of Discipleship: Reflections from Pope Francis on Walking with Christ by Pope Francis

Sports

A Secret History of the Ollie: Volume 1: The 1970s by Craig B. Snyder

Steampunk

The Engine Woman's Light by
Laurel Anne Hill

Suspense

Lineage by
Cash Kushel

Technology

Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide
with Step-by-Step Instructions by
Scott M. Graffius

Thriller

Cool Brain by
Paul Black

Travel

Destination Earth: A New Philosophy of Travel by a World-Traveler by Nicos Hadjicostis

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True Crime to Young Adult Non-fiction

True Crime

Familiar Evil by
Rannah Gray

Visionary Fiction

Narada's Children: A Visionary Tale of Two Cities by Woody Carter

Women's Fiction

This Earth You'll Come Back To by
Barbara Roether

Women's Issues

The Third Law by
Tamra Ryan

World Literature

Divine Punishment by
Sergio Ramirez

Writing and Publishing

How to Avoid 101 Book Publishing
Blunders, Bloopers & Boo-Boos by
Judith Briles

Young Adult Fiction

Anomalies by
Sadie Turner and Colette Freedman

Young Adult Nonfiction

Green Card Youth Voices: by Wellstone International High School Students

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2017 Winners | 2017 Distinguished Favorites

Health & Fitness

The Canyon Ranch Guide to Men's Health by Stephen C. Brewer, MD, ABFM