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IndieReader Announces the Winners of
the 2015 “IndieReader Discovery Awards” at BEA
Fiction
First Place
Patrick M. Garry/Finding Flipper Frank
Categories: Literary Fiction, Humor, Inspirational
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Second Place
Selene Castrovilla/Melt: There's No Place Like Home
Category: Young Adult
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Third Place
Chris Patchell/ Deadly Lies
Category: Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
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Non-Fiction
First Place
Lisa Quast Secrets of a Hiring Manager Turned Career Coach
Categories: Business, Self-Help
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Second Place
Gerri Chanel/Saving the Mona Lisa
Category: History
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Third Place
Andrew Booth/The Angkor Guidebook
Category: Travel
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CATGEORY WINNERS/Fiction
Chick-Lit/Tie
Maren S. Higbee/Lana Fray and the Grand Plan
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Children’s/Tie
Kate Shannon/Hey, Baby, Look!
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Children’s/Tie
Cameron Stelzer/The Island of Destiny (Pie Rats Book 3)
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Children’s/Tie
Page McBrier/Abracadabra Tut
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Fantasy
Jeremy Gray/Grooveworld
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Graphic Novel
Howard Shapiro/The Hockey Saint
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Historical Fiction
O.W. Shumaker/Anna's Bear
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Horror
Chip Wagar/The Carpathian Assignment
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Humor
Alex Chu/Days of Amber
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Literary Fiction
Julie Frayn/Mazie Baby
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Mystery/Suspense/Thriller (tie)
Lou Kilzer & Mark Boyden/Fatal Redemption
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Gerard LaSalle/Widow Walk
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Philosophy
Allan Avidano/The Other Son
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Popular Fiction
Welcome Cole/Henry's Re-Entry
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Romance
Tristan Wood/The Wanton Life of My Friend Dave
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Science Fiction
Jonathan Maas/Spanners
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Women’s Fiction
Petula Parker/ Kate's Escape from the Billable Hour
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Young Adult
D. Hart St. Martin/Blooded
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CATEGORY WINNERS/NON-FICTION
Biography
Christopher Madsen/Rowdy
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Health/Medicine
Randi Redmond Oster/Questioning Protocol
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How-To
Len Napolitano/ Nose, Legs, Body! Know Wine Like The Back of Your Hand
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Memoir (Tie)
Dan Sheehan/After Action
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Memoir (Tie)
Gregory McAllister/Salvation of a Serial Celibate
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Relationships
Don Desroches/Conscious Coupling
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Self-Help
Ramona Zabriskie/Wife for Life
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Travel
Bob Oedy/The Punk Rock Las Vegas Survival Guide
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Young Adult (Non-Fiction)
Lior Lampert/Little American Man
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2015 PANEL OF JUDGES
Agent
All titles will be submitted to Dystal & Goderich for representation consideration
Bloggers
Mercy Pilkington, editor, GoodeReader
Samantha Coville, Sammy the Bookworm
Publishers
Amy Pierpont, Executive Editor and Editor-in-Chief, Forever, Grand Central Publishing
Jill Sansone, former Executive Director at Hyperion
Publicists
Sandra (Sandy) Poirier-Diaz, President, SMITH PUBLICITY
Reviewers
Karen Schechner, Senior Indie Editor, Kirkus Reviews
Ryan Leahey, Indie Editor, Kirkus Reviews
2015 SPONSORS
Association of Independent Authors (AIA)
Amazon CreateSpace/KDP
Kirkus