The literary world has entered into the mainstream media with a series of awards that offer the glitz and glamor usually reserved for movie, TV and music awards. This new award is aptly named The Quills and is sponsored by Reed Business Information (the parent company of
Publisher's Weekly,
Variety and other publications). Similar to the focus of the Emmy and the Oscars, The Quills will be a consumer's choice award, where bookstore consumers and library users will decide the outcome. The Quills will honor the best books of the year in over a dozen different categories ranging from romance to history, biography to graphic novels. Ancillary awards will be giving for best cover, best film adaptation and best book club title as well as a Lifetime Achievement award. Winners will be announced in an awards ceremony replete with dinner party and celebrity presenters. NBC will broadcast this event on October 22.
In a quick perusal of some nominees, I found 3 local Colorado authors listed in the SF/Fantasy/Horror category:
Orphanage by Robert Buettner,
Dean Koontz's Frankenstein: Prodigal Son by Dean Koontz and Kevin J. Anderson and
Sister of the Dead by Barb and J.C. Hendee.
The reader's have spoken... Here's wishing Robert, Kevin and the Hendees the best of luck!
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