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1 Contact: Amy Edelman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: IndieReader Announces the Winners of the 2015 IndieReader Discovery Awards at BEA 5/29/15, Montclair, New Jersey Today, Melissa Foster, New York Times and USA Today bestselling indie author author of 32 books which have together sold over 1 million copies and the founder of the World Literary Cafe and Fostering Success, and Amy Edelman, founder of IndieReader ( announced the winners of the 2015 IndieReader Discovery Awards (IRDA) at BEA in New York City. IndieReader, the essential consumer guide to self-published books and the people who write them, created the IRDAs to give indie authors access to people who can make a difference in their book s success. With the rush by traditional publishers to sign them and their noteworthy bestselling status, there s no longer much doubt that indie authors can be both commercially and creatively successful. All that was left to do was create a credible vehicle by which to find them. That s where the IRDAs come in. And while writing a great book is the first step, getting it in front of the right people be they readers or agents or traditional publishers is also a critical part of making an indie book a success. To that end, judges on the IRDA panel included publishers, PR professionals, top reviewers and more. Top winners will have their titles submitted to agents Dystal & Goderich for representation consideration. Judging was based on the quality of writing and the originality of the story. There is a first, second and third place winner in each of the fiction and non-fiction categories, in addition to 27 titles in 24 sub-categories. Each book has received at least a 4-5 star rating (out of 5 stars) to earn the IRDA win. The winners, judges, the genre and the authors contact information follows below. - more

2 Page Two Fiction First Place Patrick M. Garry/Finding Flipper Frank Categories: Literary Fiction, Humor, Inspirational Contact: Second Place Selene Castrovilla/Melt: There's No Place Like Home Category: Young Adult Contact: Third Place Chris Patchell/ Deadly Lies Category: Mystery/Suspense/Thriller Contact:

3 Page Three - more Non-Fiction First Place Lisa Quast Secrets of a Hiring Manager Turned Career Coach Categories: Business, Self-Help Contact: ceo@careerwomaninc.com Second Place Gerri Chanel/Saving the Mona Lisa Category: History Contact: info@heliopa.net Third Place Andrew Booth/The Angkor Guidebook Category: Travel Contact: cambodia@aboutasiatravel.com - more

4 Page Four CATGEORY WINNERS/Fiction Chick-Lit/Tie Maren S. Higbee/Lana Fray and the Grand Plan Contact: Children s/tie Kate Shannon/Hey, Baby, Look! Contact: Children s/tie Cameron Stelzer/The Island of Destiny (Pie Rats Book 3) Contact: Children s/tie Page McBrier/Abracadabra Tut Contact: Fantasy Jeremy Gray/Grooveworld Contact: - more

5 Page Five Graphic Novel Howard Shapiro/The Hockey Saint Contact: Historical Fiction O.W. Shumaker/Anna's Bear Contact: Horror Chip Wagar/The Carpathian Assignment Contact: Humor Alex Chu/Days of Amber Contact: Literary Fiction Julie Frayn/Mazie Baby Contact:

6 Page Six Mystery/Suspense/Thriller (tie) Lou Kilzer & Mark Boyden/Fatal Redemption Contact: Gerard LaSalle/Widow Walk Contact: Philosophy Allan Avidano/The Other Son Contact: Popular Fiction Welcome Cole/Henry's Re-Entry Contact: Romance Tristan Wood/The Wanton Life of My Friend Dave Contact: - more -

7 Page Seven Science Fiction Jonathan Maas/Spanners Contact: Women s Fiction Petula Parker/ Kate's Escape from the Billable Hour Contact: therealtalia@hotmail.com Young Adult D. Hart St. Martin/Blooded Contact: dhstmartin@msn.com CATEGORY WINNERS/NON-FICTION Biography Christopher Madsen/Rowdy Contact: justdoitchris@yahoo.com - more -

8 Page Eight Health/Medicine Randi Redmond Oster/Questioning Protocol Contact: How-To Len Napolitano/ Nose, Legs, Body! Know Wine Like The Back of Your Hand Contact: Memoir (Tie) Dan Sheehan/After Action Contact: Memoir (Tie) Gregory McAllister/Salvation of a Serial Celibate Contact: gregmca1@sover.net - more -

9 Page Nine Relationships Don Desroches/Conscious Coupling Contact: Self-Help Ramona Zabriskie/Wife for Life Contact: Travel Bob Oedy/The Punk Rock Las Vegas Survival Guide Contact: Young Adult (Non-Fiction) Lior Lampert/Little American Man Contact:

10 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