tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55088022453425199762012-02-16T08:58:09.755-08:00Jasmine Graynoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508802245342519976.post-24083596948676007802007-08-30T21:01:00.000-07:002007-09-24T02:01:46.681-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;">Critically-acclaimed indie lit writer Nelson Pahl, author of the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bronte Prize award-winning</span> book <a href="http://www.nelsonpahl.com/"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Bee Balms &amp; Burgundy</span></a>, has been named as one of three finalists for the prestigious 2007 <span style="font-weight: bold;">Maurier Book Award</span>, which honors North America's finest romance noir. Pahl's <a href="http://www.nelsonpahl.com/tft.html"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">Two for Tuesday</span></a> survived the award committee's paring from 127 titles and now goes head-to-head against <span style="font-style: italic;">Agamemnon's Daughter </span><span>from </span>Booker Prize award-winner Ismail Kadare and <span style="font-style: italic;">Dear John </span>from mega-selling author Nicholas Sparks.<br /></div><br />The 2007 Maurier Book Award Finalists:<br /><br />• <span style="font-style: italic;">Agamemnon's Daughter;</span> Ismail Kadare (Arcade) (November 2006)<br />• <span style="font-style: italic;">Dear John;</span> Nicholas Sparks (Warner Bros.) (October 2006)<br />• <a href="http://www.nelsonpahl.com/tft.html"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">Two for Tuesday</span></a>; Nelson Pahl (Café Reverie) (March 2007)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Maurier Award, in it first year, is sponsored by the Literary Arts Guild (LAG). It honors the Best Romance Noir in North America each year, with this year’s selections published between April 1, 2006 and March 31, 2007. This year’s winner—selected Tuesday, September 4—receives a $5000 cash prize along with the Maurier Award plaque.<br /><br />###<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">You can find Nelson Pahl's </span></span><a href="http://www.nelsonpahl.com/tft.html"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); font-style: italic;">Two for Tuesday</span></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <a href="http://www.nelsonpahl.com/tft.html"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">here</span></a>. You can also find his Bronte Prize award-winning book, <a href="http://www.nelsonpahl.com/bbb.html"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">Bee Balms &amp; Burgundy</span></a>, <a href="http://www.nelsonpahl.com/bbb.html"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">here</span></a>. You may read a free chapter of either book <a href="http://www.nelsonpahl.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">here</span></a>.<br /><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5508802245342519976-2408359694867600780?l=bookawards101.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jasmine Graynoreply@blogger.com