Every month we are celebrating the new and noteworthy accomplishments of She Writes Press authors in the Monthly Memo. Have you been featured in a magazine? Are you holding an upcoming event? Did you win an award? Send your news to Janay@sparkpointstudio.com and we’ll share it here!
As you may have seen already, She Writes Press authors were all over the recent announcement from USA Best Book Awards list of winners and finalists. If you didn’t catch it yet, check out the complete list below:
SHE WRITES PRESS MENTIONS
Autobiography/Memoirs
Finalist
Beautiful Affliction by Lene Fogelberg
Business: General
Finalist
People Leadership: 30 Proven Ways to Increase Employee Engagement and Get Results Now by Gina Folk
Fiction: Chick Lit / Women’s Lit
Finalist
Just the Facts: A Novel by Ellen Sherman
Finalist
Wishful Thinking by Kamy Wicoff
Fiction: General
Finalist
Pieces: A Novel by Maria Kostaki
Finalist
Play for Me by Celine Keating
Fiction: Historical
Finalist
The Island of Worthy Boys by Connie Hertzberg Mayo
Finalist
The Sweetness by Sande Boritz Berger
Fiction: Literary
Finalist
How to Grow an Addict by J.A. Wright
Gay & Lesbian Non-Fiction
Finalist
Uncovered by Leah Lax
Health: Psychology & Mental Health
Finalist
The S Word: A Memoir About Secrets by Paolina Milana
Narrative: Non-Fiction
Finalist
Don’t Leave Yet: How My Mother’s Alzheimer’s Opened My Heart by Constance Hanstedt
Finalist
Fire Season: My Journey From Ruin to Redemption by Hollye Dexter
Self-Help: Motivational
Finalist
The Thriver’s Edge: Seven Keys to Transform the Way You Live, Love, and Lead by Donna Stoneham
Social Change
Finalist
The Outskirts of Hope by Jo Ivester
Travel: Guides & Essays
Finalist
This is Mexico by Carol M. Merchasin
Women’s Issues
Finalist
Say It Out Loud: Revealing and Healing the Scars of Sexual Abuse by Roberta Dolan
Finalist
Stop Giving It Away: How to Stop Self-Sacrificing and Start Claiming Your Space, Power, and Happiness by Cherilynn M. Veland LCSW, MSW
Recently, She Writes Press authors were featured everywhere from the New York Post to SheKnows. Check out the coverage below and get to know your fellow SWP authors better.
Drs. Romy Block and Arielle Levitan in New York Post
Block and Levitan talked with the New York Post about their new book, The Vitamin Solution, and shared some insider tips on what vitamins you should be taking.
Leah Lax on Out Chicago
Leah Lax, author of Uncovered, joined Out Chicago for a conversation on their radio show to discuss her book and her story.
Sande Boritz Berger on Foreword Reviews
Sande Boritz Berger’s 2014 release, The Sweetness, was recently featured on Foreword Reviews along with an interview from Sande.
Eileen Flannigan on Salon
Eileen Flannigan, author of Renewable, wrote a piece for Salon to discuss the Keystone XL Pipeline’s impact on an environmental uprising.
Lene Fogelberg on Bustle
Lene Fogelberg, author of Beautiful Affliction, was featured in a round up of “Books to Lean on When the Going Gets Tough” on Bustle.
K.K. Goldberg on The Huffington Post
K.K. Goldberg, author of The Doctor and The Stork, was featured on The Huffington Post discussing “What I Learned About Infertility at My 25th High School Reunion.”
Joanne Cronrath Bamberger on InStyle
Joanne Cronrath Bamberger‘s book, Love Her, Love Her Not: The Hillary Paradox, was featured on InStyle in an article titled “Why Hillary Clinton is My Fashion Icon.”
Erin Seidemann on SheKnows
Erin Seidemann’s memoir, Postcards from the Sky, was featured on SheKnows in a round up of the “10 best memoirs of the fall.”
Leslie Johansen Nack on San Diego Living
Leslie Johansen Nack, author of Fourteen, appeared on San Diego Living to discuss her book.
Sunny Mera on Buzzfeed
Sunny Mera’s novel All In Her Head was featured on Buzzfeed in a round up of “5 Shocking Reads That Will Make You Say OMG.”
The She Writes Press community of authors is always on the move. If you have an event coming up, let us know and we’ll feature it in the Monthly Memo.
The She Writes Press Tour is in full swing now. Catch these upcoming stops in December and view the rest of the tour here:
Miami Bookstore: Books & Books 265 Aragon Avenue Coral Gables, Florida 33134
Date: December 3rd | 6:30PM
Phoenix Bookstore: Changing Hands 300 W Camelback Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85013
Date: December 9th | 7PM
You can also catch Erin Seidemann in Texas next month at a Dallas Barnes & Noble.
Barnes & Noble / Preston & Royal 616 Preston Royal Shopping Center Dallas, TX 75230
Date: December 5th | 2PM
Remember, if you have exciting news to share, send it over to Janay@sparkpointstudio.com and we’ll share it in the Monthly Memo. Happy Thanksgiving and have a wonderful November!
Libby Ware will be at Wild Iris Books in Gainesville, Florida at 6:00 on Sunday, December 6, reading from “Lum.”