NEW ENGLAND BOOK FESTIVAL NAMES WINNER

• Marvin Piersoll – Bernard Mendillo
• Jackie O On The Couch – Alma H. Bond
• Norah: The Making of an Irish-American Woman in 19th Century New York – Cynthia G. Neale
• The Rising at Roxbury Crossing – James Redfearn
• Riverton Noir – Perry Glasser
• The Christmas Star – Christopher Fahy
• Too Much Blood – Jane Bennett Munro
• A Crash Course on the Anatomy of Robots – Kent Evans
• Sins of the Father – Jen Blood
• Matinicus – An Island Mystery – Darcy Scott
• The Summer of the Disco King – Jane Harvey Meade
• Most Likely to Murder – Carole B. Shmurak
• Digital Darling: An American Story – Rick Roberts
• The Book Lover – Maryann McFadden
• The Pretty Girl – Debra Spark
• Lessons in Another Language – Megan Staffel
• Tidal Wave 23 – Thomas J. Ryan
• Two Men Ten Suns – Jeff Foltz
• The Charmed Life of Flowers – Meredith Steinbach
• The Length of the Leash – Gary D. Sproul
• Manisses – Steven R. Porter
• The King’s Agent – Donna Russo Morin
• Portraits of an Artist – Mary Burns
• Jerusalem Falls – Jack Dixon
• Endless – Liz McCloskey
• Price of Justice – Alan Brenham
• The Second Daughter – J. Jeffrey
• Echoes – P.J. Roscoe
• Catch and Release – J.T. Twerell
• The Fractured Road – Part I – East and West – Britt Holewinski 

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY

WINNER: Robert McCloskey: A Private Life in Words and Pictures – Jane McCloskey

RUNNER-UP: When We Were the Kennedys – Monica Wood

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• The Old Rectory – Escape to a Country Kitchen – Julia Helene Ibbotson
• The Box of Daughter: Healing the Authentic Self – Katherine Mayfield
• Elizabeth Taylor: There is Nothing Like a Dame – Darwin Porter/Danforth Prince
• Mr. Miyagi and Me – James H. Lilley
• No Limits: How I Beat The Slots – Debbie Tosun Kilday
• Above All Else: Success in Life and Business – Nancy D. Butler
• Nuns! A Memoir – Bernard Mendillo
• The Place Beyond the Dust Bowl – Ron Hughart
• The Discipline Coach – Jim Roberson
• My Literary Profile: A Memoir – Helene Pilibosian 
• Maidin Iron – Ana Padilla
• American to the Backbone – Christopher L. Webber
• The Amazing Adventures of a Nobody – Leon Logothetis
• A Tale of Survival – Grace Flores-Hughes
• Motherghost: A Journey to the Mother – Eclipse Neilson
• Ex-Rich Girl Tells All – Kami Corban

GENERAL NON-FICTION

WINNER: Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust – Doreen Rappaport

RUNNER-UP: When America First Met China – Eric Jay Dolin

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• The Language of Men – Anthony D’Aries
• Mary’s Mosaic – Peter Janney
• Report of an Expedition – Henry Allen/Dwaine Schuldt
• American Guinea Pig – Terence Mix
• Just Cate: Noelle Alix & Angela Martin
• Heart Hound Stories: Living with the Big Dogs – Cheryl Anne Lampshire
• Man of the Waterfront: Kaye Williams and Captain’s Cove – Ralph Harvey
• Skinny the Cat and the Magic of Kindness – Donna Rawlins
• On Sale: Employers Get Good Workers Dirt Cheap – Tracy Kinne
• The Roan – Shriley F.B. Carter
• A Reluctant Life – Yvette Nachmias-Baeu
• Bounce Off the Walls, Land On Your Feet – Merrie Lynn Ross
• Insuring the City – Elihu Rubin
• Nets Through Time – Jacqueline Davidson
• Bobby’s Trials – Bobby Wilson
• Positively Ninety: Interviews with Lively Nonagenarians – Connie Springer
• Fatal Destiny – James H. Lilley
• The Cookie That Saved My Family – Bill Freund
• Defining Moments: Breaking Through Tough Times – Dorothea S. McArthur
• House of Miracles – Cliff Fazzolari
• The 4-1-1 on Step Parenting – Michele Sfakianos
• Tales from the Tailgate – Stephen J. Koreivo
• Give Me Your Truth – Sherri Rosen

SPIRITUAL

WINNER: Today I Am a Woman – Barbara Vinick and Shulamit Reinharz

RUNNER-UP: A Change of Habit – Patty Ptak Kogutek

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• No Boxing Allowed – Nola Anne Hennessy
• A Breath Away – Jeanne Selander Miller
• Journey Beyond God – Peter Tufts Richardson
• Glimpses Jane Harvey Meade
• Love & Impasse – Denise Richard
• A Lasting Legacy – Doug Hagedorn
• Destined: A Novel of the Tarot – Gail Cleare
• The Path of a Reluctant Metaphysician – Dr. Michael Mayer
• Run, River Currents – Ginger Marcinkowski
• Hope’s Ante – Thom Vines
• Gentle Hands, Gentle People – Loretta Warren
• Carpet of the Sun – Mark Holman

COMPILATIONS/ANTHOLOGIES

WINNER: The Philosophy Shop – Peter Worley, editor

RUNNER-UP: The Chalk Circle: Intercultural Prizewinning Essays – Tara L. Masih

HONORABLE MENTION: Imperfect Weddings are Best – Dr. Sherry L. Meinberg

 

GAY

WINNER: Missing – Drake Braxton

RUNNER-UP: Remembering Christmas - Remembering Christmas – Tom Mendicino, Frank Polito, Michael Salvatore

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• On Making Off: Misadventures Off Off Broadway – Randy Anderson
• The Girls Club – Sally Bellerose
• Folsom Street Blues – Jim Stewart

PHOTOGRAPHY/ART

WINNER: Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine – Thomas A. Denenberg, editor

RUNNER-UP: Color and Form – Lynn Gamwell

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video – Kathryn E. Delmez, editor
• Beowulf of Maine – Kathleen Fox
• Edouard Vuillard: A Painter and His Muses, 1890-1940 – Stephen Brown
• Art for the People – Michael K. Corbin
• Rice’s Owls – Robert Flatt

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

WINNER: Rockrhydin – Cheryl Elizabeth Waddell/illustrated by Janice Prey Wolfe

RUNNER-UP: Island Friends – Jeff Bowman/Jennifer York/illustrated by Dawna Gardner

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• The Blue Lobster’s Holiday – Robin Taylor-Chiarello/illustrated by Lisa Bohart
• The Candy Roses of Cape Care – Suzie Canale/illustrated by Kevin Coffey
• Tria Maria: The Cat with No Eyes – Ralph “Doc” Wallace/illustrated by Isabella Girard
• Eat It! Food Adventures with Marco Polo – Gracie Cavnar/illustrated by Anni Matsick
• Curio A Shetland Sheepdog Meets the Crow – Jeanette A. Griver/Phyllis Milway
• And I Thought About You – Rosanne L. Kurstedt
• My Cape Cod Magic – J Bean and Chris Palmer
• A Moment in Time – Jennifer Butenas/illustrated by Charlotte Cheng
• The Little Red Frog – Noele Williams/illustrated by Debbi Kern
• Good for You, Grisha – Karen Westhoven/illustrated by Mary Gregg Byrne
• The Ice Castle – Pendred Noyce/illustrations by Joan Charles
• Will You Fill My Bucket – Carol McCloud and Karen Wells/illustrated by Penny Weber
• Peril on the High Seas – Debbie Curtin
• Black Tortoise and the Dynasty Dragon – Eileen Wacker/illustrated by Alan M. Low
• The Fabulous Flying Machines of Alberto Santos-Dumont  – Victoria Griffith / illustrated by Eva Montanari
• The Boy Who Wouldn’t Sit Still – Sharon Lester/illustrated by Jeff Smith
• Duck Tape 2 – Mollie Wilson
• Pink Cat in the Window – Catherine Elio
• How Hollyhocks Came to New Mexico – Rudolfo Anaya/illustrations by Nicolas Otero
• Vin and the Dorky Duet – Maggie Lyons

WILD CARD

WINNER: Julia’s Cats – Patricia Barey and Therese Burson

RUNNER-UP: Live It! Your Courageously Authentic Life – Frank C. Maloney

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• Foolproof – Karissa Thomas
• Water to My Soul: The Story of Eliza Lucas Pinckney – Pamela Bauer Mueller
• The Journey of Fallen Rock – Bill Merical/illustrated by Glenn Payne
• Saving the American Dream – Louis Hernandez, Jr.
• A Portrait of Nothing That is Incomplete – Alan J. Baggerly
• Tesseract 3am – Vicki Ebeling

POETRY

WINNER: Nigger for Life – Neal Hall, M.D.

RUNNER-UP: The Art of Robert Frost – Tim Kendall

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• Me and Nina – Monica A. Hand
• The Poetry of Kabbalah – Peter Cole, editor
• Blood Red Dawn – Jon Shutt
• Reflections, Laughter, Meditations – Lilia Westmore
• Grip – Yvette Neisser Moreno
• Sound Travels on Water – Kyle Potvin
• Reaching for Quiet – Roland Labrie
• Lie Down Too – Lesle Lewis
• Tantivy – Donald Revell
• Orpheus and Eurydice – Edward Eaton

SCIENCE FICTION

WINNER: The Death of Eve – Shaun Penney

RUNNER-UP: The Blade of Eve – Shaun Penney

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• Falling from Eden, Inc. – Ross Wright
• Escape from Argue – William L. Lavell
• Anvil of Midnight – William Weyr
• The Immune – Doc “Lucky” Meisenheimer
• Grapeshot and Demons – Vincent P. Scully
• Sweet – Uzuri Wilkerson
• Was a Time When – Sam Penny

YOUNG ADULT

WINNER: Nightingale – David Farland

RUNNER-UP: Rosi’s Time – Edward Eaton

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• Freek Show – Steve Burt
• Freedom Bound – Jean Rae Baxter
• Tapestry – Strands of Yellow and Blue – Cady Elizabeth Arnold
• Dangerous Fishing – J. Arvid Ellison
• The Fifth Kraut – Jeff Kohmstedt
• On a Wing and a Dare – Linda Ulleseit
• Unlocked – Ryan G. Van Cleave
• The Prize: Tales from a Revolution: Vermont – Lars Hedbor
• We Are Savages – Jessie Atkin

BUSINESS:

WINNER: Empower Yourself for an Amazing Career – Blanca De La Rosa

RUNNER-UP: Do Not Invent Buggy Whips – Kenneth Thurber

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• The Coach Approach – John Brubaker
• The Transformation of a Doubting Thomas – Thomas B. Dowd III
• HR Strategic Project Management SPOMP – Leon M. Hielkema
• Puttin’ Cologne on the Rickshaw – William Bouffard

COOKBOOKS

WINNER: The Little Cape Cod Witch Cookbook – J Bean Palmer/illustrated by Melanie Therrien

RUNNER-UP: You’re Invited! Party Recipes for Every Season – Debbie Lestina

HONORABLE MENTION:  No Fret Cooking – Marilynn Carter

HOW-TO

WINNER: The Take-Charge Patient – Martine Ehrenclou

RUNNER-UP: Life Expectancy: It’s Never Too Late to Change Your Game – William Keiper

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• From PMS to PMA – Nola Anne Hennessy
• EcoChi – Debra Dunier
• Helping Children Be Successful Readers – Jennifer Parker
• Writing Alchemy – Matilda Butler

REGIONAL LITERATURE

WINNER: Creek with No Name – Ken Bilderback

RUNNER-UP: Nathaniel Purple – F.D. Reeve


HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• Sister Raven – Karen Rae Levine
• The World Within – Marielba Cancel Olmo