The 2018 International Book Awards have been announced. She Writes Press and SparkPress authors alike were recognized across over a dozen categories.

Winner – Fiction: Cross Genre
Hidden by Kelli Clare

Winner – Fiction: General
Forks, Knives, and Spoons by Leah DeCesare

Winner – Fiction: LGBTQ
Swearing Off Stars by Danielle M. Wong

Winner – Fiction: Young Adult
Tree Dreams: A Novel by Kristin Kaye

Winner – Health: Aging/50+
Finding My Badass Self: A Year of Truths and Dares by Sherry Stanfa-Stanley

Winner – Health: Women’s Health
Raising the Bottom: Making Mindful Choices in a Drinking Culture by Lisa Boucher

Finalist – Anthologies: Non-Fiction
Breaking Sad: What to Say After Loss, What Not to Say, and When to Just Show Up edited by Shelly Fisher & Jennifer Jones

Finalist – Autobiography/Memoir
But My Brain Had Other Ideas: A Memoir of Recovery from Brain Injury by Deb Brandon

Finalist – Autobiography/Memoir
Filling Her Shoes: A Memoir of an Inherited Family by Betsy Graziani Fasbinder

Finalist – Autobiography/Memoir
Implosion: A Memoir of an Architect’s Daughter by Elizabeth W. Garber

Finalist – Best New Fiction
Above the Star by Alexis Marie Chute

Finalist – Best New Fiction
The Cast by Amy Blumenfeld

Finalist – Best New Fiction
Venetian Blood: Murder in a Sensuous City by Christine Evelyn Volker

Finalist – Children’s Educational
Reading Is Fun! Imagine That! by Ruth A. Radmore, illustrated by Isaak Lien

Finalist – Fiction: Chick Lit/Women’s Lit
Love Reconsidered: A Novel by Phyllis Piano

Finalist – Fiction: Fantasy
Above the Star by Alexis Marie Chute

Finalist – Fiction: Historical
Dark Lady: A Novel of Emilia Bassano Lanyer by Charlene Ball

Finalist – Fiction: Historical
When It’s Over by Barbara Ridley

Finalist – Fiction: Literary
Just Like February by Deborah Batterman

Finalist – Fiction: Literary
Just in Time by Joan L. Jackson

Finalist – Fiction: Mystery/Suspense
Venetian Blood: Murder in a Sensuous City by Christine Evelyn Volker

Finalist – Fiction: Young Adult
Above the Star by Alexis Marie Chute

Finalist – Fiction: Young Adult
I Like You Like This: A Novel by Heather Cumiskey

Finalist – Health: Addiction & Recovery
Raising the Bottom: Making Mindful Choices in a Drinking Culture by Lisa Boucher

Finalist – Health: Death & Dying
Breaking Sad: What to Say After Loss, What Not to Say, and When to Just Show Up edited by Shelly Fisher & Jennifer Jones

Finalist – Health: Death & Dying
The Gift of Goodbye: A Story of Agape Love by Rebecca Whitehead Munn, MBA

Finalist – LGBTQ: Non-Fiction
You Can’t Buy Love Like That: Growing Up Gay in the Sixties by Carol E. Anderson

Finalist – Multicultural Non-Fiction
Redlined: A Memoir of Race, Change, and Fractured Community in 1960s Chicago by Linda Gartz

Finalist – Non-Fiction Narrative
I’m the One Who Got Away: A Memoir by Andrea Jarrell

Finalist – Parenting & Family
Loving Lindsey: Raising a Daughter with Special Needs by Linda Atwell

Finalist – Self-Help: Motivational
The Business of Being: Soul Purpose In and Out of the Workplace by Laurie Buchanan, PhD

Finalist – Women’s Issues
Raising the Bottom: Making Mindful Choices in a Drinking Culture by Lisa Boucher