NABA Award Winners
2017 NORTH AMERICAN BOOK AWARD WINNERs
Autobiographies, Biographies, and Memoirs
Shift- Michael O’Brien (Silver Medal)
River of January – Gail Chumbley (Bronze Medal)
Best Cover – Nonfiction
River of January – Gail Chumbley (Bronze Medal)
Faith-Based
Extended- Jasmine Harper (Gold Medal)
Historical – Fiction
Mistress Suffragette- Diana Forbes (Silver Medal)
Children’s Education
Insanely Inspiring Writing Prompts for Littles, Middles & Biggles- Stacy Lytle (Bronze Medal)
Children’s Picture Books
The Glitter Keeper- Stacey Lytle (Silver Medal)
Humor/ Fiction
MIDMEN- Steve Ochs (Bronze Medal)
Inspirational
Pacing for Growth- Alison Eyring (Bronze Medal)
Shift- Michael O’Brien (Silver Medal)
Heath and Wellness
Fractured- Ted Epperly, MD (Silver Medal)
Hair Loss- Gustavo J. Gomez, Ph.D. (Bronze Medal)
Parenting and Family
“Why Did Daddy End His Life?” “Why did He Have to Die?”- Samantha Pekh (Silver Medal)
Political Current Events
Urgent Care- Minda Wilson (Silver Medal)
Sports
WIN- Lee Elias (Silver Medal)
Travel
Life-A-Tecture- Ernest Lombard (Gold Medal)
Lost, Kidnapped, Eaten Alive – Laurie McAndish King (Silver Medal)
Business Leadership and Management
Expensive Sentences- Jack Quarles (Gold Medal)
Lead Right For Your Company’s Type- William E. Schneider (Silver Medal)
Agile Scrum – Scott M. Graffius (Silver Medal)
The Innovator’s Advantage – Dr. Evans Baiya, Ron Price (Silver Medal)
Introvert Revolution – Andy Johnson (Silver Medal)
Potluck Culture – Ranjit Nair (Silver Medal)
Disabled Workforce- Rachel Shaw (Silver Medal)
Shift- Michael O’Brien (Silver Medal)
Pacing for Growth- Alison Eyring (Bronze Medal)
Swipe to Unlock- Mehta, Agashe, Detroja (Bronze Medal)
A Leadership Kick In The Ass- Bill Treasurer (Bronze Medal)
Business Entrepreneurship
Expensive Sentences- Jack Quarles (Gold Medal)
Kaleidoscope- Chip Bell (Silver Medal)
The Doctor’s Guide to Starting Your Practice Right – Dr. Cory S. Fawcett (Silver Medal)
Shift- Michael O’Brien (Silver Medal)
Private Money Lending- Gustavo J. Gomez, Ph.D. (Bronze Medal)
Business Finance
Expensive Sentences- Jack Quarles (Gold Medal)
Private Money Lending- Gustavo J. Gomez, Ph.D. (Bronze Medal)
2015 North American Book Award Winners
Best Cover – Fiction
Quest for the Temple Key – Brandon King (Gold)
NeverSeen – Taylor Hunter (Silver)
Emily’s Room – Katherine Allen (Bronze)
Best Cover – Nonfiction
Equipping Saints for Service – Bob Morgan (Gold)
Compelled by Love – Amy Hoppock with Dottie Bledsoe and Lauren Phillips (Silver)
Introvert Revolution – Andy Johnson (Bronze)
General Fiction
All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr (Gold)
Tears of Dark Water – Corban Addison (Silver)
West for the Black Hills – Peter Leavell (Bronze)
Fantasy
Quest for the Temple Key – Brandon King (Gold)
NeverSeen – Taylor Hunter (Silver)
Rise of the Sidenah – C.M. Story (Bronze)
Faith Based Fiction
West for the Black Hills – Peter Leavell (Gold)
The Christmas Card – Amanda Tru (Silver)
Historical Fiction
All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr (Gold)
Invention of Wings – Sue Monk Kidd (Silver)
Nightingale – Kristin Hannah (Bronze)
Young Adult
West for the Black Hills – Peter Leavell (Gold)
Quest for the Temple Key – Brandon King (Silver)
NeverSeen – Taylor Hunter (Bronze)
Children’s
Kid Capitalist – Tobe Brockner (Gold)
Emily’s Room – Katherine Allen (Silver)
Luiciano and His Sunshine Boots – Carol Myers (Bronze)
General Nonfiction
Boys in the Boat – Daniel Games Brown (Gold)
Human Bacon – Justin Foster (Silver)
Energize – Bob Faw (Bronze)
Inspirational Nonfiction
Better Human – Ronda Cogner (Gold)
Kapuna – Erin Foley (Silver)
Compelled by Love – Amy Hoppock with Dottie Bledsoe and Lauren Phillips (Bronze)
Health and Wellness
Energize – Bob Faw (Gold)
Spoiled Milk – Angela Young (Silver)
Expanded Joy – Elizabeth Popish (Bronze)
Memoirs
Gathering Courage – T.A. McMullin (Gold)
Ahead of the Flaming Front – Jerry Mathes II (Silver)
Business, Finance
Everyday Money for Everyday People – Todd Christensen (Gold)
The Eight Principles of Sustainable Fundraising – Larry C. Johnson (Silver)
Generosity Revolution – Paul Hatfield (Bronze)
Small Business
The Virtual Present’s Plabook – Roger Courville (Gold)
Kid Capitalist – Tobe Brockner (Silver)
Reset – Don Reiman (Bronze)
Business, Writing and Publishing
Authority – Nathan Barry (Gold)
The Editor’s Eye – Stacy Ennis (Silver)
The Virtual Present’s Playbook – Roger Courville (Bronze)
Business, Leadership and Management
The Complete Leader – Ron Price and Randy Lisk (Gold)
Think Like a Fan – Lee Elias with Stacy Rosales Granara (Silver)
Sweating Bullets – Dale Dixon (Bronze)
Self-Help
Energize – Bob Faw (Gold)
Physician Burnout – Tom Murphy (Silver)
Simple Shifts – Terri Hughes (Bronze)
Sports
Working in Sync – Whit Mitchell (Gold)
Think Like a Fan – Lee Elias with Stacy Rosales Granara (Silver)
Journeys on the Edge – Walt Hampton (Bronze)
Family and Parenting
Everyday Money for Everyday People – Todd Christensen (Gold)
Spiritual Seeds – Jon and Pam Strain (Silver)
Open Adoption, Open Heart – Russell Elkins (Bronze)
Travel
Kapuna – Erin Foley (Gold)
Compelled by Love – Amy Hoppock with Dottie Bledsoe and Lauren Phillips (Silver)
Down One Side and Up the Other – Peter Shikli (Bronze)
Animals and Pets
Gathering Courage – T.A. McMullin (Gold)
Watson’s Way – Joel Lund (Silver)
Mystery/ Thrillers
Imminent Threat – Jack Patterson (Gold)
One O’Clock Hustle – Joanne Pence (Silver)
Sinner’s Grove – A.B. Micheals (Bronze)
Short Stories and Poetry
Kinyamaswa – Andreas Morgner (Gold)
Best Nonfiction eBook
Midlife Cabernet – Elaine Ambrose (Gold)
Potluck Culture – Ranjit Nair (Silver)
2014 North American Book Award Winners
Editor’s Choice Nonfiction
Ebb from the Shoreline – Brenda Sieglitz (Gold)
Minidoka – Teresa Tamura (Silver)
Pushing Back Entropy – Andy Johnson (Bronze)
Editor’s Choice Fiction
Colored Edges – Sharon Skolnick-Bagnoli (Gold)
Cover Design – Fiction
Rufus and Friends – Bonnie Kloster (Gold)
Cover Design – Nonfiction
Be Your Own Hero – Catherine Owens (Gold)
Wild Life – Lisa Alpine (Silver)
Equipping Saints for Service – Robert Morgan (Bronze)
General Fiction
A Walk Across the Sun – Corban Addison (Gold)
The Angel of Esperanca – Judith McConnell Steele (Silver)
Unburying Hope – Mary Wallace (Bronze)
Fantasy
The Gift of the Phoenix – Donna Cook (Gold)
Faith Based Fiction
The Earth is Full – Bethany Riehl (Gold)
The Heavens are Telling – Bethany Riehl (Silver)
Historical Fiction
Thieving Forest – Martha Conway (Gold)
Lies – Oliver Dahl (Silver)
Colored Edges – Sharon Skolnick-Bagnoli (Bronze)
Young Adult
Of Pirates and Werewolves – Isaiah Silkwood (Gold)
Children’s
Believe You Are Beautiful – Sandy Spurgeon McDaniel (Gold)
Kid Capitalist – Tobe Brockner (Silver)
Ruby Lee and the Very Big Deal – Nancy Buffington (Bronze)
General Nonfiction
Energize Your Retirement – Christine Sparacino (Gold)
Minidoka – Teresa Tamura (Silver)
Epic Advice for Graduates – James Morrell (Bronze)
Inspirational Nonfiction
The End of Conflict – Andy Johnson (Gold)
The Tension Point – Harold Elmore and Kim Fletcher (Silver)
Equipping Saints for Service – Robert Morgan (Bronze)
Health and Wellness
Spoiled Milk – Angela Young (Gold)
Essential Oil Basics – Jennifer Eden Clark (Silver)
Memoirs
Exotic Life – Lisa Alpine (Gold)
Broke, Hungry, and Happy – Rae Ann Norrell (Silver)
Gravity’s Embrace – Cynthia Fackrell (Bronze)
Business, Finance
The Eight Principles of Sustainable Fundraising – Larry Johnson (Gold)
Small Business
Flight Plan to Success – JT DeBolt (Gold)
Business
Sweating Bullets – Dale Dixon (Gold)
Business, Publishing
25 Absolutely Essential Things – Maryanna Young (Gold)
Authority – Nathan Barry (Silver)
Leadership
The Complete Leader – Ron Price and Randy Lisk (Gold)
Bumpersticker Leadership – Randy Lisk (Silver)
Managing the Mobile Workforce – David Clemons and Michael Kroth (Bronze)
Self-Help
Human Bacon – Justin Foster (Gold)
The End of Conflict by Andy Johnson (Silver)
Courage to Find the Fire Within by Peter Hobler (Bronze)
Sports
Working in Sync by Whit Mitchell (Gold)
Journeys on the Edge by Walt Hampton (Silver)
Family and Parenting
Parenting with a Wise Heart by BarBara Mandley (Gold)
Open Adoption, Open Heart by Russell Elkins (Silver)
Self-Help
Human Bacon by Justin Foster (Gold)
The End of Conflict by Andy Johnson (Silver)
Courage to Find the Fire Within by Peter Hobler (Bronze)
Cookbooks
Comfort Food Gets a Vegan Makeover by Jill Skeem (Gold)
Humor
Midlife Cabernet by Elaine Ambrose (Gold)
Travel
Wild Life by Lisa Alpine (Gold)
Equipping Saints for Service by Robert Morgan (Silver)
Military
Intro to Army Life by Allison Mewes (Gold)
Flight Plan to Success by JT DeBolt (Silver)