Awards

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Dean Foster’s Business Beyond Borders (John Murray Press/Hachette, November 2025) won the Goody Best New Book Award for 2025 in Business: Travel and Hospitality.

The 4 Jobs Club

The 4 Jobs Club (John Murray Press/Hachette, January 2025), by Kathryn Sollmann, won the 2025 Goody Business Book Award in the Self-Help: Work-Life Balance category.

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The Possible Self: A Leader's Guide to Personal Development (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, March 2024), by Maja Djikic, won the gold medal at the 2025 Independent Book Publishers Association Awards in the Psychology category as announced in May.

Kristel Bauer's book Work–Life Tango: Finding Happiness, Harmony and Peak Performance Wherever You Work (John Murray Business, November 2024) was the winner in the Self-Help category for the 2024 Goody Business Book Awards.

 Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom (Citadel, February 2024), by McCracken Poston, Jr., was a finalist in the American Writing Awards for Nonfiction Book of the Year, and won in the Nonfiction General category.

 

 

 

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Retirement Bites coverIn November, Retirement Bites: A Gen X Guide to Securing Your Financial Future (Basic Venture, 2025), by Kerry Hannon, was listed among “The Best Books of 2025 About Healthy Aging,” by The Wall Street Journal. Kerry was also interviewed for Kiplinger's September issue article "Gen X? Challenges Lie Ahead as Retirement Nears."

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Becky Libourel Diamond's latest book, The Gilded Age Cookbook (Globe Pequot, 2025) was reviewed in Foreward magazine's September/October issue, as "a fun historical cookbook for elevating festive gatherings with tasty treats."

Magic in the Tragic book coverIn June, John Tsilimparis, MFT, author of The Magic in the Tragic (Harper Celebrate, 2025), appeared on Good Morning, America to discuss how to reframe loss to find opportunity in challenging moments.

Kentucky Bourbon book coverSusan Reigler’s Kentucky Bourbon: The Essential Guide to the American Spirit (Countryman Press, 2025) was moved to the top of the Council of Whiskey Masters’ required reading list for their whiskey sommelier certification program.

In May, Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom (Citadel, February 2024), by McCracken Poston, Jr., won dual honors at the Zentih Man book cover2025 Georgia Independent Authors Association Awards. Poston was named Georgia Independent Author of the Year in Memoir, and the work also received the Georgia Spotlight Award for Nonfiction, making it one of the most decorated titles at this year’s event.Mission: Invincible Marriaage book cover

Authors of Mission: Invincible Marriage: A Battle-Tested Guide to an Enduring Relationship (William Morrow, March 2025), retired Navy SEAL Jason Redman and his wife, Erica Redman, were recently spotlighted in People Magazine online. They also were interviewed on Fox & Friends in March and by Megyn Kelly on her podcast in April.

Mothers Are AMde book coverDanielle Sherman-Lazar's book Mothers Are Made (Alcove Press, April 2025) was highlighted in the Publishers Weekly article “New Memoirs by and About Mothers.”The Psychology of Leadership book cover

Sébastien Page, author of The Psychology of Leadership: Timeless Principles to Improve Your Leadership of Individuals, Teams…and Yourself! (Harriman House, April 2025), was profiled in Leaders Magazine (Volume 48, Number 2). His book was also selected for The Next Big Idea Book Club.

Key West Cottages and Gardens book coverLeslie Linsley
's book Key West Cottages & Gardens (Pineapple Press, 2023) was featured on Good Morning America in December 2024. Robin Roberts called it her favorite book on Key West.

WOrk-Life Tango book coverKristel Bauer made appearances on NBC Daily Today Live and ABC News to discuss her book Work–Life Tango: Finding Happiness, Harmony and Peak Performance Wherever You Work (John Murray Business, November 2024).

Rightsize TodayIn a review of Marni Jameson’s Rightsize Today to Create Your Best Life Tomorrow: A Motivational Guide for Those Seeking Their Ideal Home Later in Life (Health Communications Inc., 2024) in the October 2024 Mensa Bulletin, Caroline McCullagh writes,“I recommend this book for its sensible and practical ideas.”All in Stride book cover

Runner‘s World recently featured sportswriter Johanna Garton and All in Stride: A Journey in Running, Courage and the Search for the American Dream, (Rowman & Littlefield, 2024), her book about Shadrack Kipchirchir and Elvin Kibet, a husband and wife duo balancing military life with elite distance running.


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