Sentences with phrase «prestigious award winning books»

As with many prestigious award winning books, this one has everything that makes it stand out in the eyes of a snobby, musty committee of literary judges: it's got a Victorian setting, a unknown journey, gratuitous and inexplicable violence, and opium.

Not exact matches

I'm the first to say that a book needn't have won a lot of prestigious awards to be worth your time.

TL; DR: Not only has Dr. Amy Steinbugler's book «Beyond Loving» won two prestigious awards, but it's also challenging... (read more)

TL; DR: Not only has Dr. Amy Steinbugler's book «Beyond Loving» won two prestigious awards, but it's also... (read more)

Leslie (whose parents are Scottish aristocrats, who live in a castle near Aberdeen that's been the family home for 500 years) graduated from prestigious drama school LAMDA (whose alumni include Benedict Cumberbatch, Dominic Cooper, Chiwetel Ejiofor and John Lithgow) in 2008, and swiftly booked a role in Annie Griffin «s acclaimed TV drama «New Town,» which won her a New Talent award at the Scottish BAFTAs.

Released in October of 2017, Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, the charming picture book written by Derrick Barnes (left) and illustrated by Gordon James (right), continues to make waves in the literary world — winning and receiving honors for four of the most prestigious awards in the children's book category.

The first book in the series, The Wind Singer, won the Nestle Smarties Prize Gold Award on publication in 2000, and the BBC Blue Peter Book of the Year Award in 2001 (both prestigious UK awards for children's boobook in the series, The Wind Singer, won the Nestle Smarties Prize Gold Award on publication in 2000, and the BBC Blue Peter Book of the Year Award in 2001 (both prestigious UK awards for children's booBook of the Year Award in 2001 (both prestigious UK awards for children's books).

In fact, just recently one of my clients won the prestigious Los Angeles Book Festival award.

The first book in a series of prose novels written by James titled Mythworld won the 2003 AI award for Best Novel, and was nominated alongside books by Stephen King and Michael Crichton for the prestigious Phantastik Prize for Best International Novel.

My novel has won 2 prestigious awards (2013 INDIE READERS DISCOVERY AWARD and 2013 READERS FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS GOLD Mawards (2013 INDIE READERS DISCOVERY AWARD and 2013 READERS FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS GOLD MAWARDS GOLD MEDAL).

Her latest book, A Story of Becoming, has won 18 prestigious literary awards, including gold medals with Reader's Favorite, Nautilus, and Literary Classics.

Her second book, WAY OUT WEST, won the prestigious New Jersey Romance Writers» 2003 Golden Leaf Award for Short Contemporary.

In fact, one of my clients won the prestigious Los Angeles Book Festival award.

After winning the Independent Publishers Book Award for Best Regional Non-Fiction (South) when it was published, McMillan has now gone on to win the prestigious Mississippi Authors Award, an accolade he shares with prior winners like John Grisham for The Firm, Kathryn Stockett for The Help, and True Blood author Charlaine Harris for Club Dead; this award marks the first time it has been bestowed upon a self - published tAward for Best Regional Non-Fiction (South) when it was published, McMillan has now gone on to win the prestigious Mississippi Authors Award, an accolade he shares with prior winners like John Grisham for The Firm, Kathryn Stockett for The Help, and True Blood author Charlaine Harris for Club Dead; this award marks the first time it has been bestowed upon a self - published tAward, an accolade he shares with prior winners like John Grisham for The Firm, Kathryn Stockett for The Help, and True Blood author Charlaine Harris for Club Dead; this award marks the first time it has been bestowed upon a self - published taward marks the first time it has been bestowed upon a self - published title.

She has won the RT Book Reviews Reviewers» Choice Award and been nominated for Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA award tAward and been nominated for Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA award taward twice.

What was it like writing your next book, Navigating Early, after winning this prestigious award?

He has won the National Book Award in Bolivia, the prestigious Juan Rulfo Award, and was a finalist for the Romulo Gallegos Award.

CORDOBA: Maria Teresa Andruetto is the first Argentine author to win the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award, the «Nobel» prize for children's literature, organized since 1956 by the International Board of Books for Young People and presented each year at the Bologna International Children's Book Fair.

I thought my career culminated in the fourth grade when I won the prestigious Pete Rose Reading Award for reading 70 books over the course of a summer.

And indeed this can be true, if the contest is prestigious — the First Crime Novel contest run by St. Martin's Press, for instance, where winning includes a book contract, or the Golden Heart Awards, a contest for unpublished book - length manuscripts conducted by the Romance Writers of America.

In those eight years we have also seen most of the negativity directed to self - publishing disappear, to the point where indie books regularly make the major bestseller lists, win prestigious literary awards and sell hundreds of thousands of copies.

She's published thirty books for three New York publishing houses and won numerous industry awards, including a nomination by the International Thriller Writers for Best Hardcover, the Golden Heart, the Daphne du Maurier Award of Excellence, and a nomination for the prestigious Rita.

A Bridge to the Stars won the prestigious Rabén & Sjögren award for best children book that year.

Perhaps you've published more books, or won a prestigious award.

COS Productions continues to be the leader in book trailer production in the U.S.; winning several prestigious awards for both broadband and broadcast videos.

She has won numerous awards including a National Book Award, Newbery Honor, Toronto Dominion Award, International White Raven, Canadian Library Association's Young Adult Book of the Year, short - listed for Germany's most prestigious literature award, the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, the Writer's Trust Vicky Metcalfe Award for her body of work, and many otAward, Newbery Honor, Toronto Dominion Award, International White Raven, Canadian Library Association's Young Adult Book of the Year, short - listed for Germany's most prestigious literature award, the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, the Writer's Trust Vicky Metcalfe Award for her body of work, and many otAward, International White Raven, Canadian Library Association's Young Adult Book of the Year, short - listed for Germany's most prestigious literature award, the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, the Writer's Trust Vicky Metcalfe Award for her body of work, and many otaward, the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, the Writer's Trust Vicky Metcalfe Award for her body of work, and many otAward for her body of work, and many others.

As the biography at his site states, David's books have been translated into several languages, made into animated films and musicals, and have won many prestigious illustration awards, including the 1998 Caldecott Honor for The Gardener written by his wife, Sarah Stewart, and the 2001 Caldecott Medal for So, You Want To Be President?

Her writing chops include three books on dog care and training, one of which won a prestigious national award in 2003.

The first edition of this informative & entertaining book won the prestigious Maxwell Award of the Dog Writer's Association of America.

Isabelle Arsenault is an award - winning illustrator whose first childrens book received the prestigious Governor Generals Award for childrens literature in French (illustrataward - winning illustrator whose first childrens book received the prestigious Governor Generals Award for childrens literature in French (illustratAward for childrens literature in French (illustration).

While still in law school, he excelled in the course studies of Contracts and Wills & Trusts in which he won the prestigious AmJur («American Jurisprudence») «Book Award» honor for attaining the highest grades in his class.

Professor Paciocco has won numerous awards for his legal writing, including a Donner Prize for his book, Getting Away with Murder, and the prestigious Mundell Medal awarded by the Attorney General of Ontario.

First published in 2001, Mortal Engines went on to win the prestigious Nestlé Smarties Book Prize and was on the shortlist for the 2002 Whitbread Award.

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Author of the award - winning book, Making Mediation Your Day Job, she recently received the Association for Conflict Resolution's prestigious Mary Parker Follett award for innovative and pioneering work in her field.

Her book, Einstein Never Used Flashcards: How Children Really Learn andWhy They Need to Play More and Memorize Less, (Rodale) won the prestigious Books for Better Life Award as the best psychology book in 2003.

Joe is an award - winning author for his book The Foreclosure Revolution, and he has produced investment training manuals and CD sets on real estate, investing and foreclosures.He has been a real estate professional since 2000, and has both a Bachelor's degree and MBA from Indiana University, as well as a Masters of Global Management degree from the prestigious Thunderbird School of Global Management.

Illustrating children's books and working on international ads, billboards and magazines, they won heaps of prestigious awards.