Contact: Amy Edelman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: amy@indiereader.com 973-783-3052 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 (www.indiereader.com), 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
Page Two Fiction First Place Patrick M. Garry/Finding Flipper Frank Categories: Literary Fiction, Humor, Inspirational Contact: pgarry@usd.edu Second Place Selene Castrovilla/Melt: There's No Place Like Home Category: Young Adult Contact: ldymcbeth@aol.com Third Place Chris Patchell/ Deadly Lies Category: Mystery/Suspense/Thriller Contact: chris@chrispatchell.com
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
Page Four CATGEORY WINNERS/Fiction Chick-Lit/Tie Maren S. Higbee/Lana Fray and the Grand Plan Contact: lana@lanafray.com Children s/tie Kate Shannon/Hey, Baby, Look! Contact: bluedreambooks@gmail.com Children s/tie Cameron Stelzer/The Island of Destiny (Pie Rats Book 3) Contact: Cameron@daydreampress.com.au Children s/tie Page McBrier/Abracadabra Tut Contact: pagemcbrier@gmail.com Fantasy Jeremy Gray/Grooveworld Contact: speeqr@gmail.com - more
Page Five Graphic Novel Howard Shapiro/The Hockey Saint Contact: howard@animaleast.com Historical Fiction O.W. Shumaker/Anna's Bear Contact: billshumaker@gmail.com Horror Chip Wagar/The Carpathian Assignment Contact: cwagar@chopin.com Humor Alex Chu/Days of Amber Contact: vhwang7@gmail.com Literary Fiction Julie Frayn/Mazie Baby Contact: julie@frayn.ca
Page Six Mystery/Suspense/Thriller (tie) Lou Kilzer & Mark Boyden/Fatal Redemption Contact: thespark@rogers.com Gerard LaSalle/Widow Walk Contact: authorgarlasalle@gmail.com Philosophy Allan Avidano/The Other Son Contact: allan_avidano@hotmail.com Popular Fiction Welcome Cole/Henry's Re-Entry Contact: welcomecole@caelstone.com Romance Tristan Wood/The Wanton Life of My Friend Dave Contact: tristanwood.fiction@gmail.com - more -
Page Seven Science Fiction Jonathan Maas/Spanners Contact: jonathan@jonmaas.com 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 -
Page Eight Health/Medicine Randi Redmond Oster/Questioning Protocol Contact: randi@wellpathpress.com How-To Len Napolitano/ Nose, Legs, Body! Know Wine Like The Back of Your Hand Contact: lsnapoli@earthlink.net Memoir (Tie) Dan Sheehan/After Action Contact: sheehandb@gmail.com Memoir (Tie) Gregory McAllister/Salvation of a Serial Celibate Contact: gregmca1@sover.net - more -
Page Nine Relationships Don Desroches/Conscious Coupling Contact: info@consciouscouplingthebook.com Self-Help Ramona Zabriskie/Wife for Life Contact: ramona@ramonazabriskie.com Travel Bob Oedy/The Punk Rock Las Vegas Survival Guide Contact: boboedy@yahoo.com Young Adult (Non-Fiction) Lior Lampert/Little American Man Contact: sharongjonas@live.com
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