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USA Book News 2009 National Best Book Awards

Thirty-two iUniverse authors were named finalists and five were named winners in the USA Book News 2009 National Best Book Awards. The USA Book News Online Magazine covers what is new in the book world. Now in its seventh year, the National Best Book Awards honor the best books in both the traditional and independent publishing world.

	USA Book News 2009 National Best Book Awards
	Author's name	Book title	Category	Ranking
	Christie Brooks	Our Heartbreaking Choices	Women's Issues	Winner
	Jacob Clark	Stupendous Commandments For My Child	Gay & Lesbian Fiction	Winner
	John W. Harte	Ride for Justice	Western Fiction & Literature	Winner
	Trent Newcomer	The Call of the World: A Young Man's Journey of Discovery	Travel Essay	Winner
	Sherry Ward	Secrets of the Soul	New Age Nonfiction	Winner
	Samuel Alexander	Wolvire	Gay & Lesbian Fiction	Finalist
	Linda Audet	In the Company of Trees	Environmental / Green Fiction	Finalist
	Nona Burroughs Babcock	Little Wolf's Adventure	Children's Fiction	Finalist
	Anne Burnside	The Sultan's Favorite	Romance Fiction & Literature	Finalist
	Augustine Campana	The Last Fairy	Children's Fiction	Finalist
	Michelle Churchill	I Thought I Grew Up	Nonfiction Narrative / Women's Issues	Finalist / Finalist
	Jody Cohan	What If Your Prince Falls Off His Horse?	Women's Issues	Finalist
	Joseph Dorris	Sheepeater: To Cry for a Vision	Western Fiction & Literature	Finalist
	Thomas F. Dwyer, Ed. D	Promises to Keep: The Untold Story of a Family Trapped in War-Torn Italy	Military History	Finalist
	Kim Fairchild	I'd Give My Left Boob for That ... Oh, Wait, I Already Did	Nonfiction Narrative	Finalist
	Justin Honaman	Make It Happen!	Motivational Business	Finalist
	Uzeir Huskic, P. Eng.	IN THE NAME OF PEACE	Social / Political Current Events	Finalist
	Fiona Ingram	The Secret of the Sacred Scarab	Children's Fiction	Finalist
	Ted Iverson	Mission To The Stars	Fantasy / Sci-fi	Finalist
	Paul Kiritsis	Origin	General Poetry	Finalist
	Patricia Kokinos	Angel Park	Literary Fiction	Finalist
	Kent Krause	The All-American King	Religious Fiction	Finalist
	Ruth Madison	(W)hole	Romance Fiction & Literature	Finalist
	Geraldine Markel	Defeating the 8 Demons of Distraction	Motivational Self-Help	Finalist
	James McCracken	Rue de la Pompe	Cross Genre Fiction and Visionary Fiction	Finalist
	Jackie Minniti	Project June Bug	Chick Lit / Women's Lit	Finalist
	Edward Muesch	Land of Men	Multicultural Fiction	Finalist
	Susan Lynn Perry	Hindsight	Visionary Fiction, Cross Genre Fiction and Environmental / Green Fiction	Finalist
	David M. Quinn	Leviathan's Master	Historical Fiction	Finalist
	Tanyo Ravicz	Alaskans	Short Story Fiction	Finalist
	Alice Rene	Becoming Alice	Nonfiction Young Adult	Finalist
	Jerry Rhoads	Remedy Eldercide, Restore Elderpride	Health Organizers and Planners	Finalist
	Gerard Shirar	The Court-Martial of Charlie Newell	Historical Fiction	Finalist
	La Shea A Stanard	The Gift of Love	Religious Poetry	Finalist
	Gary Taylor	Luggage By Kroger	Nonfiction True Crime	Finalist
	Sherry Ward	Seekers of the Soul	Best New Nonfiction	Finalist
	Nancey West	Miracles Among Us	General Religion	Finalist