Awards

Congratulations to the following winners of the Kirkus Reviews Best Indie Books of 2019!

Best Indie Nonfiction of 2019

We Got This by Marika Lindholm

Best Indie Biographies & Memoirs of 2019

Bowing to Elephants by Mag Dimond

The Red Ribbon by Nancy Freund Bills

News and Updates

Janice Morgan’s Suspended Sentence and Bobi Gentry Goodwin’s Revelation were recommended as books to sneak under the tree this holiday season by Brit + Co.

Lucinda Jackson, author of Just A Girl, was interviewed on the Talk Nerdy podcast.

Monica Starkman, author of The End of Miracles, wrote an article featured in Psychology Today.

Bonnie Hirst, author of Test of Faith, appeared on the Confessions of a Crappy Christian podcast.

Linda Gartz, author of Redlined and Michelle Cox, author of A Veil Removed, were honored as local authors at the Chicago Public Library Foundation’s annual Carl Sandburg awards on October 10th, 2019.

Linda Gartz (left) and Michelle Cox (right) pictured above with Bill Kurtis MC of the event and long-time, Emmy and Peabody-Award-winning TV Producer and CBS news anchor.

Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin was the honoree at the awards and is pictured above being announced on stage with Linda Gartz in the background.

Events

Join Reyna Marder Gentin, author of Unreasonable Doubts, for a virtual event hosted by NAWL Book Club on Thursday, January 23rd at 2 p.m. EST. Register by clicking here.

 

Elayne Klasson, author of Love Is a Rebellious Bird, is heading out on book tour from November 2019 through April 2020. See the flyer below for more details on locations.

 


Every week, we celebrate noteworthy achievements and upcoming events happening within the She Writes Press community in our “Friday High Fives!” If you have coverage you’d like to share, a new award to your name or an event planned, please email digital@sparkpointstudio.com and we’ll get you included in an upcoming Friday High Fives!