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October 2014
Forced Journey: The Saga of Werner Berlinger EVERYWHERE SPIRIT by Stephen Halstead by Rosemary Zibart Description: Guided by his Apache Description: Escaping Nazi Germany, Werner strug- alter-ego, a teenage jockey navigates the gles to create a new life in New York City. Werner complexities of life, overcoming misfortune has one goal - make a home in America. Then Father to emerge a winner. This is a tale of two had promised that he and Werner’s little sister would warriors on horseback, one fighting for his follow. This burning ember of hope lit Werner’s path. very survival, the other battling the enemy Along the way Werner meets mischievous fellow refu- within, before rising to the top of his game. gee Anika, fights off neighborhood bullies and makes The cawing of crows portend doom. The a friend, Sam, while caring for his new Mutti, Esther. Plains Indians’ life and death struggle for ISBN: 9781932926323 ($12.95 ppbk), freedom is watched over by the Everywhere 9781932926330 ($24.95 hdbk) 188pp Spirit. Wholesalers/distributors: Ingram, Baker & Taylor, ISBN: 978-0-9885395-6-3 $15.95 Follett Library Resources 282pp Subject Categories: Juvenile Fiction - Historical, Juvenile Fiction - Holocaust Wholesalers/distributors: Ingram, Baker & Taylor Publisher: Kinkajou Press http://www.kinkajoupress.com/forcedjourney.html Subject Category: Western Historical, Native American, Horseracing [email protected] Publisher: ABQ Press www.abqpress.com [email protected] Author email: [email protected] 6 Author e-mail: [email protected] 1
Out of Sight Return of the Bones by Art Schreiber & Hal Simmons Inspired by a True Story Description: For twenty-eight years I have Description: 2013 BEST HISTORICAL FICTION dealt with the physical, emotional, and mental New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards! changes that I am convinced a person who In 1915, 2,067 skeletons were stolen from the ghost loses vision must make if they wish to lead a pueblo of Pecos. Hollow-Woman and Grandfather productive, independent, and satisfying lifestyle. are the last of the Pecos people. While driving a ratty, Out of Sight: Blind and Doing All Right is old pickup-camper they bicker from New Mexico to my story about how I dealt with the change from Boston to pick up the family skeletons. The pages are being fully sighted to becoming totally blind. I filled with the comical way Grandfather looks at the hope my story and experiences will be of help to world while embracing heartbreak and spirituality of Native Americans. those who find themselves on the same road. ISBN: 1475187424 $13.99 retail pb, $4.99 ebook 246 pgs ISBN: 978-1-936745-11-1 $14.00 99pp Wholesalers/Distributors: Ingram; Baker & Taylor Wholesalers/distributors: Ingram, Baker & Taylor Subject Category: Historical Fiction, Native American, Multi-Cultural, Hispanic, New Mexico, Literary Subject Category: Inspirational, Biography Publisher: Magic Prose Publishing; magicprose.com; publisher@magicprose. Publisher: Nuevo Books, 505-344-9382, [email protected] com Author email: [email protected] 5 Author email: [email protected] 7 Please share this with others who may be interested in Southwest books or send us their email info and we can send it to them. If you are interested in any of these books, please contact the publisher, author, or distributor to order copies. This service is brought to you by the New Mexico Book Co-op on a monthly basis—[email protected]. Historias y Reflexiones de Insomnio The Proud Little Burro by Lisa Bear Goldman by Graciela Avila-Robinson Description: Buddy, a young burro is Description: Compilations of various short selected for his first pack trip. He is embar- stories in Spanish written through many rassed he has to carry a bulky pack-frame years; some fictitious stories are blended instead of a person, until he becomes a with real events. It also includes reflections hero because of the medical packages he on love according to the author’s point of carries. This inspiring storys message is to view; these poems are expressions of the take pride in whatever one does. This book emotions of frustration, powerlessness and was a finalist for the 2012 New Mexico- Ar- desires of a Mexican immigrant with an izona Book Awards, Children Picture Book unstable and confusing past. category. ISBN: 978-1-4633-2059-1 $13.99 170pp ISBN: 978-0-9832074-0-5 $11.00 30pp Wholesalers/distributors: http://book- Wholesalers/distributors: Enchantment store.palibrio.com/Products Press Subject Category: Ficción Subject Category: Children’s Picture Book Publisher: Palibrio, http://www.palibrio.com/, [email protected] Publisher: Enchantment Press www.lisabeargoldman.net lisa.goldman@ comcast.net Author email: [email protected] 5 Author email: [email protected] 2
How Chile Came to New Mexico Saddle Up: A Cowboy Guide to Writing by Rudolfo Anaya by Slim Randles Description: This is the exciting tale of Description: Straightforward steps to: Getting how Native Americans helped bring chile started the right way; Avoiding common pitfalls; to the region through a journey with many Eliminating rejection slips; and Getting checks dangers. A story of love and romance in the mail. Slim Randles has been a journalist, exploring the many cultures of the South- editor, author, sportsman, and speaker. After years west. Second book in the award-winning of making a living from the pen, he is passing on series with storyteller Rudolfo Anaya, advice to those who want to write for a living. the art of santero Nicolás Otero and the Slim’s advice is spiced up with his signature view translation of Nasario García. of what the world is and could be. This book is Finalist, 2014 New Mexico-Arizona filled with an award-winning author’s gentle but Book Awards firm words to live and write by. ISBN: 978-1-936744-20-6 $24.95 pb Finalist, 2014 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards 46pp ISBN: 978-1-936744-31-2 $15.95 146pp Wholesalers/distributors: Ingram, Baker & Taylor Wholesalers/distributors: Ingram, Baker & Taylor Subject Category: Children’s Picture Book Subject Category: Creative writing, Self-help Publisher: Rio Grande Books, 505/344-9382/[email protected] Publisher: Rio Grande Books www.LPDPress.com [email protected] SPECIAL WHOLESALE AND LIBRARY PRICING SPECIAL WHOLESALE AND LIBRARY PRICING Red or Green Chile Bible, Love at first bite True Brit: Beatrice, 1940 by Rosemary Zibart Description: In 1940, Beatrice Sims, a by Harmon Houghton spoiled English girl arrives in Santa Fe to Description: With over 250 recipes Red escape the war in London. At first Beatrice or Green Chile Bible: Love at First Bite, hates the little town. But soon Beatrice chilinista Harmon Houghton, will introduce makes friends with Arabella and Esteban, and guide you through the wonders, magic and aids Ana, a shy Indian girl. First accused and mystique of the chile cuisine with of being “faceta” (stuck up), Beatrice learns detailed instructions and explanations on to change tires, ride ponies and helps public how to prepare, cook and serve chiles from health nurse Clementine Pope, rescue a sick aromatic sweetness to a tongue blistering baby on an Indian pueblo. experience and every degree of addictive heat in between to make you feel you are ISBN: 978-1-932926-18-7 $12.95 212pp alive. Wholesalers/distributors: Ingram, Baker Wholesalers & Distributors: Clear Light & Taylor, Follett Library Resources Books, Ingram, Treasure Chest, Amazon Subject Category: History, New Mexico, Santa Fe, World War 2 Subject Category: Chile, Chile Cookbook Publisher: Kinkajou Press, an imprint of Artemesia Publishing, Publisher: Clear Light Books, www.clearlightbooks.com www.apbooks.net/beatrice.html, [email protected] Author email: [email protected] 2 Author email: [email protected] 5 The Third Garden of Eden Jupiter and Gilgamesh, a Novel of Sumeria by Steven Vandever and Texas by Scott Archer Jones Description: With Commander Teene aboard, the Description: Jupiter is crazy enough to live in a research ship NEO-4 now orbits Planet 1473-3; grain elevator. He knows people are his living, but after five million years of genetic engineering a he can’t bear being with more than two human new species, her mission is to approve the seven beings at a time. The Village is about to evict him billion citizens membership in the United Alliance and he’s dating a twenty-five year old woman of planet nations. She is not aware that her #2 that’s stomping roughshod over him. His best is helping rebels forces stop her. The rebels are friend is Gilgamesh, a dead king who gives bad illegally mining Tackium ore as her adventure advice. It’s a funny, tragic ride through Jupiter’s life. explains evolution mysteries that remain lost in ISBN: 978-1-940869-13-1 $14.95 296pp human history. Wholesalers/distributors: Southern Yellow Pine ISBN: 1496096932 $11.99pb 1496096937 $.99eBook 445pp Press, Amazon, Barnes and Noble Wholesalers/distributors:Amazon, Barns and Noble, Smashword Subject Category: Fiction, Literary Subject Category... Historic fiction Publisher: Southern Yellow Pine Press www.syppublishing.com/ tgerrell@ Publisher: Sunbunny Loves You inc Sunbunnylovesyou.com Sunbunny- syppublishing.com [email protected] Author email: [email protected] 3 Author email: [email protected] 1
Space Pioneers ... in their own words Max Evans & A Few Friends by Ollie Reed Jr., by Loretta Hall Slim Randles & Ruth E Francis Description: Ninety space pioneers describe Description: Max Evans, one of their experiences with space research and New Mexico’s most prolific writers, exploration from 1945 through the space shuttle has lived, promoted, and articulated program. Some of these men and women were the Western way of life for nearly well known as astronauts or members of Mis- eight decades. With this book, his sion Control for Apollo flights to the Moon, and friends share some of Max’s stories. some were minor players in the programs—lab technicians, weather forecasters, welders, or he- Finalist, 2014 New Mexico-Ari- licopter pilots who supported rocket tests. Their zona Book Awards stories disclose events and behind-the-scenes ISBN: 978-1-936744-43-5 details available nowhere else. $19.95 256pp Finalist, 2014 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards Wholesalers/distributors: ISBN: 978-01-936744-27-5 616pp $39.95 Ingram, Baker & Taylor Wholesalers/Distributors: Ingram, Baker & Taylor Subject Category: New Mexico, cowboy Subject: Nonfiction, History ,Space exploration, oral histories Publisher: Rio Grande Books, Publisher: Rio Grande Books www.LPDPress.com [email protected] 505/344-9382/[email protected] Author email: [email protected] SPECIAL WHOLESALE AND LIBRARY PRICING
REACHING FOR AIR by Gayle Lauradunn Love on the Brink of History Description: This poetry collection by Hannah Rappaport tells the story of a childhood spent in a Description: This is a memoir of transfor- landscape full of beauty,hardship, and vio- mation from “valley housewife” to Gnostic lence. In their restless yearning and relent- Priestess. It was a ten-year initiation by the less motion, these poems feel completely mystic “Christ Within” under the auspices American. Interspersed with the voice of of a Hungarian Gnostic Bishop and scholar the child is that of the adult woman, as of pre-Roman Catholic apostolic lineage. I both an extension of the child and as a began writing this book in Topanga Canyon, counterpoint to the child’s experience. This Santa Monica Mountains. But it took the is poetic storytelling at its finest. great skies of Northern New Mexico and ISBN 978-1-940769-17-2 $18.00 97 the supportive writing community of Taos to pp complete it. Distributor: Create Space Direct ISBN: 978-0615893334 $18 185 pp Subject Category: Poetry Categories: Religious, Non-Fiction Memoir, Spiritual Inspiration, Women Publisher: Mercury HeartLink Press; www.heartlink.com; editor@heartlink. Transformation com Publisher: Nighthawk Press http://nighthawkpress.com/ rlenzini@ Author email: [email protected] 5 nighthawkpress.com Author’s email: [email protected] 5 The Land: Our Gift And Wild Hope Our Most Treasured Tails, Sixty Years of Pet by Rae Marie Taylor Rescue by Kate J. Kuligowski Description: Poet and essayist Rae Marie Tay- Description: This is not just a collection of moving lor’s beautifully written and compelling essays stories but a life-long adventure, with 90 photo- reveal a story of loss due to the many pressures graphs, of a family’s heartwarming and heartbreak- bedeviling land and water in the Southwest. Yet ing experiences in the rewarding world of animal the book also reveals vigorous hope and renewal rescue. Using the underlying message of “We can among Westerners collaborating in sustainable make a difference,” Kate asks her readers to exam- approaches. Eyewitness accounts, interviews, ine their own pet experiences and explore how to lively anecdotes, and an occasional poem inspire use their resources to fight animal cruelty. Proceeds within the reader a deepening affection for the are directed to animal humane shelters. earth. ISBN:978-0-615-8228-08 $22.00 241 pp ISBN 978-0-9733962-2-5 $16.00 253pp. Distributors: Watermelon Mt. Ranch Animal Rescue, AbeBooks.com, Distribution by Author and Amazon Amazon.com Subject Category: Non-fiction; Environnment Subject Category: Pets/animals, Non-Fiction, New Mexico Publisher: BRIGHT SHORES PRESS www.thelandwildhope.com two- Publisher: The Guys Publishing Company www.OurMostTreasuredTails. [email protected] com [email protected] Author email: [email protected] 5 Author email: [email protected] 1
GRANDMA LALE’S TAMALES: A CHRISTMAS THE TALKING LIZARD by Nasario Garcia STORY by Nasario Garcia Description: The Talking Lizard is a collec- Description: Tamales are one of the most important holiday traditions in tion of stories in New Mexico folklore. The New Mexico. But tamales can be made and bilingual book features stories on snakes, eaten all year! This is the story of Junie López bobcats, bears, witches, the moon, owls, and his Grandma Lale. She is known for her lizards, dogs, and many more animals that tamales and Junie discovers all that goes will appeal to young readers. The book also in to a truly authentic tamale. Junie and his contains a Glossary of Hispanic New Mexican Grandma live in a small, Hispanic village in words making this a useful tool for learners Northern New Mexico. of Spanish. ISBN: 978-1-890689-26-8 $24.95 pb ISBN: 978-1-936744-07-7 $19.95 pb 374pp 220pp Wholesalers/distributors: Ingram, Baker Wholesalers/distributors: Ingram, Baker & Taylor & Taylor Subject Category: Bilingual Childrens’ Picture Book Subject Category: Young Reader, Grades 3 to 6 Publisher: Rio Grande Books, www.LPDPress.com [email protected] Publisher: Rio Grande Books, 505/344-9382/[email protected] Author email: [email protected] Author email: [email protected] SPECIAL WHOLESALE AND LIBRARY PRICING SPECIAL WHOLESALE AND LIBRARY PRICING
Fray Angélico Chávez by Phyllis Morgan The King and Queen of Comezón Description: New Mexico’s first native-born by Denise Chávez Franciscan priest, Fray Angélico Chávez Description: Between New Mexico and (1910-1996) was known as a prolific poet México, between Cinco de Mayo and the and historian, a literary and artistic figure, 16th of September, between the dreams and an intellectual who played a vital role and the realities of Comezón’s characters, in Santa Fe’s community of writers. Chávez something has to give. Each character is is considered to be the most prolific U.S. Hispanic writer of the twentieth century. This attempting to find love in this feverish fiesta is a bio-bibliography of his published works called Life. And in the deft hands of Denise and works about him from 1925 to 2010 and Chávez this tragicomic novel gives unerringly: a chronology of his life. Written, edited, and pleasure, surprise, and the satisfaction of a compiled by award-winning author Phyllis S. tale well told. Morgan of Albuquerque. ISBN: 978-0-8061-4483-2, $19.95 pb, 320 Finalist, 2010 New Mexico Book Awards pp ISBN: 978-1-890689-15-5 $16.95 156pp Wholesalers/distributors: Ingram, Baker & Taylor Wholesalers/distributors: Ingram, Baker & Taylor Subject Category: Fiction Subject Category: Biography and Bibliography Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, oupress.com, [email protected] Publisher: Rio Grande Books, www.LPDPress.com, [email protected] Author email: [email protected] 3 Author email: [email protected] New Mexico: A Guide for the Eyes It All Abides in Love: Maharajji Neem Karoli by Elisa Parhad Baba by Jai Ram Ransom Description: This “visual glossary of Description: Ram Dass introduced Maharajji 100 New Mexico icons” is a celebratory Neem Karoli Baba to Western spiritual chronicle of the state’s natural and cultur- seekers of the 60s and 70s. This book is a al legacies. New Mexico: A Guide for the contemporary exploration of this completely Eyes is a valuable resource of Southwest- enigmatic Indian sadhu, a spiritual renunci- ern culture that will tickle the fancy of the ate who had more impact on America than art lover, design fanatic, anthropologist, anyone knows. Maharajji, the Miracle of Love, historian, and travel enthusiast. Winner of raised the dead, turned water into milk or a 2010 New Mexico Book Award. gasoline, made Himself and others invisible, ISBN: 978-0-9820497-0-9 224pp hc cured many diseases, and never really gave $19.95 any formal ‘teachings’. Wholesalers/distributors: Books West ISBN: 978-0-9907182-2-2 280pp $14.99 Subject Category: Travel/Culture/Photography Wholesalers/distributors: Amazon.com, Kindle, CreateSpace, iBooks. Publisher: EyeMuse Books www.eyemusebooks.com hello@eyemusebooks. com Subject Category: Spirituality, Hinduism Author Email: [email protected] 6 Publisher: Taos Music & Art, Inc. [email protected] Author email: [email protected] 6
Grandpa Lolo and Trampa by Nasario García UNSOLVED by Don Bullis Description: Junie López, a very perceptive Description: There are few subjects that eight-year-old, tells the story of Grandpa Lolo and fascinate people as much as a good mystery. New the young coyote named Trampa. This bilingual Mexico has always been an enigmatic place, filled tale of the family ranch in the Rio Puerco valley has with rich history. This book explores forty-four mystery, suspence, and the flavor of New Mexico. of NM’s most baffling mysteries, which lure the A tale that young readers will love to read. The curious and beg for investigation even though story is complete with Glossary and a list of special their solutions have eluded experts, many for New Mexico words and expressions. decades. Leave it to Bullis to open my eyes to a Finalist, 2014 New Mexico-Arizona Book whole new world of outlaws, crooked politicians, Awards and puzzling crimes.— Anne Hillerman ISBN: 978-1-936744-30-5 48pp $9.99 Finalist, 2014 New Mexico-Arizona Book Wholesalers/Distributors: Ingram, Baker & Awards Taylor ISBN: 978-1-936744-07-7 $19.95 pb 220pp Subject: Fiction, Young Reader (Grades 3-6), bilingual Wholesalers/distributors: Ingram, Baker & Taylor Publisher: Rio Grande Books www.LPDPress.com [email protected] Subject Category: Old West history Author email: [email protected] Publisher: Rio Grande Books, 505/344-9382/[email protected] SPECIAL WHOLESALE AND LIBRARY PRICING SPECIAL WHOLESALE AND LIBRARY PRICING
The Fowler’s Snare by C.M.T. Stibbe A Mother’s Story: Angie Doesn’t Live Here Description: Pharaoh Kheper-Re Anymore by Maggie C. Romero invites two teams to compete in Description: A Mother’s Story is an a chariot race across the western intimate portrait of addiction and how it was desert. The prize is great; the winner passed down in Maggie Romero’s family. will be awarded the title of Supreme Maggie is herself an addict, and when Commander of Thebes. With so much Angie’s drug addiction became apparent, at stake, treachery and sorcery are once she jumped into a recovery program to cope again in season as the princes of two with her daughter’s illness. The subsequent rival kingdoms go head-to-head. It is a thirteen years have been a powerful and poi- race that will cost the loser everything gnant redemption journey, as she has found he holds dear. recovery for herself even as her daughter $2:99 (Kindle) 328 pages (Paperback) continues to struggle. Wholesalers/distributors: Amazon. ISBN: 9781940769141 343pp $15 com, Barnes & Noble, Kobe, Goodreads Wholesalers/distributors: CreateSpace Subject Category: Fiction Subject Category: Memoir Publisher: www.cmtstibbe.com Publisher: Mercury HeartLink MercuryHeartLinkPublishing.com Author email: [email protected] 1 Author email: [email protected] 6 2014 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards Finalists
Anthology (individual or collection) Bullis, Don (Rio Rancho, NM) UNSOLVED Rio Grande Books Daugherty, Sharleen (Silver City,NM) Literacy Alive Rio Grande Books Evans, Max (Albuquerque, NM) Animal Stories Uni of OK Press Francis, Ruthe, Ollie Reed, & Slim Randles (Albuquerque, NM) Max Evans and a Few FriendsRio Grande Books Herrington, Peggy (Albuquerque, NM) The Storyteller’s Anthology Southwest Writers Hoover, Sandi et al (Corrales, NM) Corrales Writing Group 2013 Anthology CreateSpace Lane, Jill (Albuquerque, NM) Lodge Lore Enchantment Lane Publications Lee-Miller, Ethel (Tucson) Seedlings Wheatmark Roche, John (Albuquerque, NM) Mo Joe: The Anthology Beatlick Press Weich-Shahak, Susana (Israel) Moraccan Sephardic Romancero Gaon Books
Anthropology/Archaeology Guyette, Susan (Santa Fe, NM) Sustainable Cultural Tourism BearPath Press Treister, Kenneth, Patricia Vargas Casanove & Claudio Cristino Easter Island’s Silent Sentinels University of New Mexico Press
Arts Book (includes art, music, or photography) Ashman, Stuart (Los Angeles, CA) Manuel Carrillo Fresco Books Ballen, Gloria Abella (Santa Fe, NM) The Power of the Hebrew Alphabet Gaon Books Burckhalter, David (Tucson, AZ) Baja California Missions Uni of AZ Press Diaz, Josef (Santa Fe, NM) Painting the Divine Fresco Books Minuik-Sperry, Colleen (Chandler, AZ) Photographing Acadia National Park Analemma Press O’Connor, Paul and Bill Whaley (Taos, NM) Taos Portraits Hondo Mesa Press Rosenberg, Evelyn (Los Ranchos, NM) Detonography: The Explosive Art of Evelyn Rosenberg University of New Mexico Press
Biography – Arizona subject (includes memoirs and autobiographies) August, Jack (Prescott, AZ) The Norton Trilogy TCU Press Foster, Jerry & Dee Dees (Sun City, AZ) Earthbound Misfit LifeGuides Press Johnson, James & Marilyn (Tucson, AZ) DeGrazia Uni of AZ Press McCroskey, Mona Lange (Prescott, AZ) And We Danced Holly Bear Press Sharp, Lisa (Albuquerque, NM) A Slow Trot Home Wheatmark
Biography – New Mexico subject (includes memoirs and autobiographies) Chamberlain, Kathleen (Ypsilati, MI) In the Shadow of Billy the Kid University of New Mexico Press Dell’Amore, Alexandra (Albuquerque, NM) Hush Hush and Other Veneers Mercury Heartlink Goodman, Tanya Ward (Los Angeles, CA) Leaving Tinkertown University of New Mexico Press Kessell, John (Durango, CO) Miera y Pacheco Uni of OK Press Kuligowski, Kate (Albuquerque, NM) Our Most Treasured Tails The Guys Publishing Ruddy, Richard (Albuquerque, NM) Edmund G. Ross University of New Mexico Press Spragg-Braude, Stacia (Corrales, NM) If There’s Squash Bugs in Heaven Museum of NM Press
Biography – Other (includes memoirs and autobiographies) Blakemore, Sally (Santa Fe, NM) Human Beings Balboa Press Day, H. Alan w. Lynn Wiese Sneyd (Oro Valley, AZ) The Horse Lover Univ of Nebraska Press Granade, Rafael de (Tucson, AZ) Stillwater Milkweed Editions Greenly, Larry (Albuquerque, NM) Eugene Bullard NewSouth Books Hampton, Elaine with Anay Palomeque (Las Cruces, NM) Anay’s Will to Learn University of Texas Press Ruddy, Richard (Albuquerque, NM) Edmund G. Ross University of New Mexico Press White, Melissa J (Santa Fe, NM) Dizzy Sushi Tres Chicas Books
Business Book (includes career) Burr, Sherri (Albuquerque, NM) A Short & Happy Guide to Financial Well-Being West Academic Publishing Guyette, Susan (Santa Fe, NM) Sustainable Cultural Tourism BearPath Press
Children’s Picture Book Aston, Dianna Hutts (AZ) A Rock is Lively Chronicle Books Coy, Deborah Woodside (Albuquerque, NM) Bubblegum Box Beatlick Press Elya, Guevara (Santa Fe, NM) Little Roja Riding Hood GP Putnams Harrigan, Matt & Melinda Beavers (Albuquerque, NM) The Zoo’s Annual Piggyback Race Hedgebury Kirkwood, Catherine (Santa Fe, NM) Looking for Tula AZRO Press May Center Students (Santa Fe, NM) Where I Come From… AZRO Press Quihuis, Albert Monreal (Chandler, AZ) Isabela’s Treasure Zibart, Rosemary (Santa Fe, NM) I Have a Grandma Who … AZRO Press
Children’s Picture and Activity Books Bilingual (English & Spanish) Anaya, Rudolfo (Albuquerque, NM) How Chile Came to New Mexico Rio Grande Books Calvert, Ellen Hasenecz (Santa Fe, NM) Nine Goldfish in David’s Pond Nuevo Books
Cookbook Jamison, Cheryl Alters & Bill (Santa Fe, NM) The Rancho de Chimayo Cookbook Lyons Press Smith, Suzanne (Los Alamos, NM) Cooking for Your Dog Obsession du Jour Press
Crafts/Hobby/How-to Book Randles, Slim (Albuquerque, NM) Saddle Up Rio Grande Books Speer, Teresa (Nashville, TN) Events You Design Beatlick Press
Fiction - historical fiction Groves, Melody (Albuquerque, NM) Kansas Bleeds Five Star Publishing Halstead, Stephen (Richmond, OH) Everywhere Spirit ABQ Press Herrick, Dennis (Rio Rancho, NM) Winter of the Metal People Sunbury Press Kestell, Vikki (Albuquerque, NM) The Captive Within Faith-Filled Fiction Kresge, Robert (Albuquerque, NM) Saving Lincoln ABQ Press Libman, Norma (Placitas, NM) Lonely River Village Rio Granata Press McDuffie, Susan (Santa Fe, NM) The Study of Murder Five Star, Cengage Nesbit, Tara Shea (Boulder, CO) The Wives of Los Alamos Bloomsbury USA Tilchen, Maida (Somerville, MA) She’s Gone Santa Fe Savvy Press Turner, Nancy (Tucson, AZ) My Name is Resolute St Martins Press Walton, Robert (King City, CA) Dawn Drums Moonlight Mesa Associates Wink, Dawn (Santa Fe, NM) Meadowlark Pronghorn Press
Fiction - mystery/suspense Badal, Joseph (Sanda Park, NM) Ultimate Betrayal Suspense Publishing Colenda, Brinn (Angel Fire, NM) Chita Quest Southern Yellow Pine Publishing Conkling, Mark (Rio Rancho, NM) Killer Whale Blues Sunstone Press Giorgi, E.E. (Los Alamos, NM) Chimeras Quemazon Publishing Graham, Scott (Durango, CO) Canyon Sacrifice Torrey House Press Hillerman, Anne (Santa Fe, NM) Spider Woman’s Daughter HarperCollins Kresge, Robert (Albuquerque, NM) Saving Lincoln ABQ Press McDuffie, Susan (Santa Fe, NM) The Study of Murder Five Star, Cengage Sanchez, Laura (Los Lunas, NM) Killer Miracle ABQ Press Snow, RP (Abiquiu, NM) Turning Point Southard, Duke (Green Valley, AZ) Agent for Justice Wheatmark
Fiction - other Auker, Amy Hale (Prescott, AZ) Winter of Beauty Pen-L Publishing Boggio, Sue & Mare Pearl (Albuquerque, NM) Sunlight & Shadow University of New Mexico Press Conkling, Mark (Rio Rancho, NM) Killer Whale Blues Sunstone Press Daugherty, Sharleen (Silver City, NM) Literacy Alive Rio Grande Books Jones, Scott Archer (Angel Fire, NM) Jupiter & Gilgamesh Southern Yellow Pine Publishing Lee-Miller, Ethel (Tucson, AZ) Seedlings Wheatmark Mapson, Jo-Ann (Santa Fe, NM) Owen’s Daughter Bloomsbury USA Southard, Duke (Green Valley, AZ) Agent for Justice Wheatmark
Fiction - romance Bachelor, David (Albuquerque, NM) Dorothea and Preston Mercury Heartlink Polo, Amber (Camp Verde, AZ) Heads in the Clouds Amber Polo
Fiction - science fiction & fantasy Garcia, Belinda Vasquez (Spring Hill, FL) Rise of the Black Rose Magic Prose Publishing Ochse, Weston (AZ) Age of Blood St Martins Press Rogers, Garry (Humboldt, AZ) Corr Syl the Warrior Vardeman, Robert (Albuquerque, NM) Fate of the Kinunir Far Future Enterprises Weinberg, Florence (San Antonio, TX) Anselm, a Metamorphosis Twilight Times Books
Fiction – adventure or drama Branard, Lynne (Albuquerque, NM) The Art of Arranging Flowers Berkley Publishing Group Colenda, Brinn (Angel Fire, NM) Chita Quest Southern Yellow Pine Publishing Conkling, Mark (Rio Rancho, NM) Killer Whale Blues Sunstone Press Jones, Scott Archer (Angel Fire, NM) Jupiter & Gilgamesh Southern Yellow Pine Publishing
First Book (first book published by author) Dunston, Doug (Albuquerque, NM) Windmills Goodman, Tanya Ward (Los Angeles, CA) Leaving Tinkertown University of New Mexico Press Greenly, Larry (Albuquerque, NM) Eugene Bullard NewSouth Books Halstead, Stephen (Richmond, OH) Everywhere Spirit ABQ Press Jimenez, Stephen (Santa Fe, NM) The Book of Matt Steerforth Press Jones, Scott Archer (Angel Fire, NM) Jupiter & Gilgamesh Southern Yellow Pine Publishing Kuligowski, Kate (Albuquerque, NM) Our Most Treasured Tails The Guys Publishing Libman, Norma (Placitas, NM) Lonely River Village Rio Granata Press Maldonado, Gilbert (Albuquerque, NM) Maldonado Journey Trafford Nesbit, Tara Shea (Boulder, CO) The Wives of Los Alamos Bloomsbury USA O’Connor, Paul and Bill Whaley (Taos, NM) Taos Portraits Hondo Mesa Press Ruddy, Richard (Albuquerque, NM) Edmund G. Ross University of New Mexico Press Tapscott, Mike (Phoenix, AZ) Homeless Hero Abbott Press White, Melissa J (Santa Fe, NM) Dizzy Sushi Tres Chicas Books
Gardening Book Bruce, Hank (Rio Rancho, NM) Gardens for the Senses Petals & Pages Press Nabhan, Gary (Patagonia, AZ) Growing Food in a Hotter, Drier Land Chelsea Green Publishers
Gay/Lesbian (GLBT) Book Gore, Ariel (Santa Fe, NM) The End of Eve Hawthorne Books Leamy, Sarah (Cerrillos, NM) Lucky Find Strategic Books Jimenez, Stephen (Santa Fe, NM) The Book of Matt Steerforth Press Tilchen, Maida (Somerville, MA) She’s Gone Santa Fe Savvy Press
Health Book (includes wellness, nutrition, beauty) Loomer, Jeffrey (Tucson, AZ) Fibromyalgia Mystery Doc Publishing Shagam, Janet Yogoda (Albuquerque, NM) An Unintended Journey Prometheus Books
History Book – Arizona subject DeBarbieri, Lili (Tucson, AZ) Location Filming in Arizona The History Press Longley, Kyle (Tempe, AZ) The Morenci Marines Univ Press of Kansas Sipos, Ed (Scottsdale, AZ) Brewing Arizona Uni of AZ Press
History Book – New Mexico subject Armijo, Andres (Albuquerque, NM) Family History in the Rio Abajo Rio Grande Books Bullis, Don (Rio Rancho, NM) UNSOLVED Rio Grande Books Burr, Baldwin (Los Lunas, NM) Belen Arcadia Publishing García, Nasario (Santa Fe, NM) Bernalillo Rio Grande Books Hall, Loretta (Albuquerque, NM) Space Pioneers Rio Grande Books Melzer, Richard (Belen, NM) Sanatoriums of New Mexico Arcadia Publishing Sanchez, Joseph, Robert Spude, Art Gomez (Albuquerque, NM) New Mexico: A History Uni of OK Press
History Book – Other Getchell, Kevin (Rio Rancho, NM) Scapegoat of Shiloh McFarland & Co Groves, Melody (Albuquerque, NM) Butterfield’s ByWay History Press Melzer, Richard (Belen, NM) Sanatoriums of New Mexico Arcadia Publishing Taylor, John (Peralta, NM) The Thacher School Arcadia Publishing
Juvenile Book (grade school to junior high school) Arnold, Laurie (Bainbridge, WA) Hello There, We’ve Been Waiting for You! Prospecta Press Grant, Paige (Santa Fe, NM) Kitten Caboodle AZRO Press May Center Students (Santa Fe, NM) Where I Come From… AZRO Press Richardson, Steve (Albuquerque, NM) Canlandia Impossible Dreams Publishing Ruden, Jenny (Albuquerque, NM) Camp Utopia and the Forgiveness Diet Koehler Books
Multi-cultural Subject (Hispanic, Native American, etc.) Armijo, Andres (Albuquerque, NM) Family History in the Rio Abajo Rio Grande Books Daugherty, Sharleen (Silver City, NM) Double Doll Abbott Press Garcia, Nasario (Santa Fe, NM) Grandma’s Santo on its Head University of New Mexico Press Herrera, Spencer (Las Cruces, NM) Sagrado University of New Mexico Press Sweeney, Edwin (St Charles, MO) Cochise Uni of OK Press
Nature/Environment Book Gulliford, Andrew (Durango, CO) Outdoors in the Southwest Uni of OK Press Heil, Kenneth, Steve O’Kane, Linda Reeves, Arnold Clifford (Farmington, NM) Flora of the Four Corners Mo. Botanical Garden Press Lucas, Spencer (Albuquerque, NM) Dinosaur Century NM Museum of Natural History Mayes, Vernon and Barbara Lacy (Paradise Valley, AZ) Nanise - A Navajo Herbal Five Star Publications Nelson, Mark (Santa Fe, NM) The Wastewater Gardener Synergetic Press Pate, Dale & Ronal Kerbo On the Desert’s Edge Flat Rock Publishing Rogers, Garry (Humboldt, AZ) Arizona Wildlife Notebook Garry Rogers Webb, Robert et al (Tucson, AZ) Requiem for the Santa Cruz Uni of AZ Press
New Age Book Bolinger-McQuade, Ann (Tucson, AZ) Everyday Oracles Tarcher/Penguin Bridges, Clint (Bosque, NM) Spirit Wisdom
Nonfiction - other Arabica, Ms Coffea (Rio Rancho, NM) Lady Coffee’s Autobiography Petals & Pages Press Bales, Fred (Albuquerque, NM) Our Sheltered Lives ABQ Press Bolinger-McQuade, Ann (Tucson, AZ) Everyday Oracles Tarcher/Penguin Coates, Karen & Jerry Redfern (Peralta, NM) Eternal Harvest ThingsAsian Press Francis, Ruthe, Ollie Reed, & Slim Randles (Albuquerque, NM) Max Evans and a Few FriendsRio Grande Books Gore, Ariel (Santa Fe, NM) The End of Eve Hawthorne Books Granade, Rafael de (Tucson, AZ) Stillwater Milkweed Editions Guyette, Susan (Santa Fe, NM) Sustainable Cultural Tourism BearPath Press Jimenez, Stephen (Santa Fe, NM) The Book of Matt Steerforth Press Lane, Jill (Albuquerque, NM) Lodge Lore Enchantment Lane Publications Maldonado, Gilbert (Albuquerque, NM) Maldonado Journey Trafford Sanders, JR (Yucaipa, CA) Some Gave All Moonlight Mesa Associates Schreiber, Art & Hal Simmons (Albuquerque, NM) Out of Sight Nuevo Books Tapscott, Mike (Phoenix, AZ) Homeless Hero Abbott Press Taylor, John (Peralta, NM) The Thacher School Arcadia Publishing
Parenting/Family Issues Book Herrera, Lydia (Albuquerque, NM) Help! My Child is ADHD Anchri Enterprises
Pets/Animals Grant, Paige (Santa Fe, NM) Kitten Caboodle AZRO Press Kirkwood, Catherine (Santa Fe, NM) Looking for Tula AZRO Press Kuligowski, Kate (Albuquerque, NM) Our Most Treasured Tails The Guys Publishing Lane, Jill (Albuquerque, NM) Lodge Lore Enchantment Lane Publications
Philosophy Schain, Richard (Sonoita, AZ) Spiritual Pathways Virtual Bookworm
Poetry Book (individual or collection) Ausherman, Steve (Albuquerque, NM) Creek Bed Blue Encircle Publications Booth, Dexter (Tempe, AZ) Scratching the Ghost Graywolf Press Dailey, Dan (Albuquerque, NM) Seeing the Words Llumina Press Guarascio, Katrina (Albuquerque, NM) September Swimming with Elephants Publications Hotch, Phyllis (Taos, NM) 3 A.M. 3: A Taos Press Kluckman, Zachary (Albuquerque, NM) Some of it is Muscle Swimming with Elephants Publications Lanza, Carmela Delia (Gallup, NM) So Rough a Messenger Finishing Line Press Lee, Wayne (Santa Fe, NM) The Underside of Light Aldrich Press Nyquist, Jules (Albuquerque, NM) Behind the Volcanoes Beatlick Press Petton, Maggi (Albuquerque, NM) Psalms of the Broken Hearted Mercury Heartlink Salazar, Andres (Santa Fe, NM) Seasons Sunstone Press Smith, Carmen Gimenez (Las Cruces, NM) Milk and Filth Uni of AZ Press Smith, Michael (Santa Fe, NM) No Small Things Tres Chicas Books Taylor, Reese (Santa Fe, NM) Leaves bebold Books Ullman, Leslie (Arroyo Seco, NM) Progress on the Subject of Immensity University of New Mexico Press
Political Book (includes social/current events) Feldman, Dede (Albuquerque, NM) Inside the New Mexico Senate University of New Mexico Press
Reference Book Rogers, Garry (Humboldt, AZ) Arizona Wildlife Notebook Wittig, Sebastian (Mesa, AZ) Keedahwiit’iidi Heritage Learning Resource Center
Religious Book Ballen, Gloria Abella (Santa Fe, NM) The Power of the Hebrew Alphabet Gaon Books Kestell, Vikki (Albuquerque, NM) The Captive Within Faith-Filled Fiction Petton, Maggi (Albuquerque, NM) Psalms of the Broken Hearted Mercury Heartlink Severino, Sally (Rio Rancho, NM) Behold Our Moral Body Versita Versita
Science (including mathematics) Bartlett, R.D. & Patricia Bartlett New Mexico’s Reptiles & Amphibians University of New Mexico Press Hall, Loretta (Albuquerque, NM) Space Pioneers Rio Grande Books Lucas, Spencer (Albuquerque, NM) Dinosaur Century NM Museum of Natural History Taylor, John (Peralta, NM) The Science of Soccer University of New Mexico Press
Self-help Book (includes spirituality/inspirational) Bridges, Clint (Bosque, NM) Spirit Wisdom Schreiber, Art & Hal Simmons (Albuquerque, NM) Out of Sight Nuevo Books Shapiro, Patricia Gottlieb (Santa Fe, NM) The Privilege of Aging Gaon Books
Spanish Language Book Avila-Robinson, Graciela (Albuquerque, NM) Historias y Reflexiones de Insomnio Palibrio
Sports/Recreation Green, Cinny (Santa Fe, NM) Backpackers’ Ultra Food Western Edge Press Halstead, Stephen (Richmond, OH) Everywhere Spirit ABQ Press Taylor, John (Peralta, NM) The Science of Soccer University of New Mexico Press
Travel Book (includes guides) Coates, Karen (Peralta, NM) This Way More Better ThingsAsian Press Lane, Jill (Albuquerque, NM) Lodge Lore Enchantment Lane Publications Minuik-Sperry, Colleen (Chandler, AZ) Photographing Acadia National Park Analemma Press Niederman, Sharon (Raton, NM) An Explorer’s Guide to New Mexico Countryman Press Niederman, Sharon (Raton, NM) An Explorer’s Guide to Santa Fe & Taos Countryman Press
Young Adult Book (high school) Bishop, Melanie (Prescott, AZ) My So-Called Ruined Life Torrey House Press Chodosh, Janie (Santa Fe, NM) Death Spiral Poisoned Pencil Press Daugherty, Sharleen (Silver City, NM) Literacy Alive Rio Grande Books Greenly, Larry (Albuquerque, NM) Eugene Bullard NewSouth Books Kilmore, Lynn (Albuquerque, NM) Soul Cages Osuna Publishing May Center Students (Santa Fe, NM) Where I Come From… AZRO Press Walton, Robert (King City, CA) Dawn Drums Moonlight Mesa Associates
Young Readers Book (to grade 3) Garcia, Nasario (Santa Fe, NM) Grandpa Lolo and Trampa Rio Grande Books
Best Cover Design (6x9) Carrier, Roger (Sandy, UT) Finding Sagrado Xlibris Frankl, Paulette (Santa Fe, NM) Marcel & Me Lightning Rod Publications Jones, Scott Archer (Angel Fire, NM) Jupiter & Gilgamesh Southern Yellow Pines Publishing Kuligowski, Kate (Albuquerque, NM) Our Most Treasured Tails The Guys Publishing Sanchez, Lynda (Lincoln, NM) Apache Legends & Lore of Southern New Mexico History Press
Best Cover Design (smaller than 6x9) Libman, Norma (Placitas, NM) Lonely River Village Rio Granata Press Randles, Slim (Albuquerque, NM) Saddle Up Rio Grande Books Rucobo, Bonnie (Albuquerque, NM) King Pachuco and Princess Mirasol-The Sequel Wild Flower Press Sharp, Lisa (Albuquerque, NM) A Slow Trot Home Wheatmark
Best Cover Design (larger than 6x9) TRADE Anaya, Rudolfo (Albuquerque, NM) How Chile Came to New Mexico Rio Grande Books Armijo, Andres (Albuquerque, NM) Family History in the Rio Abajo Rio Grande Books Hall, Loretta (Albuquerque, NM) Space Pioneers Rio Grande Books
Best Cover Design (larger than 6x9) NON-TRADE O’Connor, Paul and Bill Whaley (Taos, NM) Taos Portraits Hondo Mesa Press Wittig, Sebastian (Mesa, AZ) Keedahwiit’iidi Heritage Learning
2104 Category Sponsors Anthology (individual or collection)—sponsored by David Kyea and Southwest Writers; Anthropology/Archaeology—sponsored by SAR Press, Beatlick Press and Joe the Book Guy; Arts Book (includes art, music, or photography)—sponsored by New Mexico Mag- azine, Wink Visual Arts, Sherri Burr, Regents Professor of Law, Picture This, and Museum of New Mexico Foundation; Biography– Arizona subject (includes memoirs and autobiographies)—sponsored by Arizona Press Women; Biography–New Mexico subject (includes memoirs and autobiographies)—sponsored by New Mexico Magazine, Savvy Press, Bathtub Row Press, and Treasure House Books; Biography–Other (includes memoirs and autobiographies)—sponsored by Pauline and Mel Eisenstadt and Moonlight Mesa Associates; Business Book (includes career)—sponsored by Steve Shaw; Children’s Activity Book (workbook/craft book/coloring book)—sponsored by Tinkertown Museum and Carol Vaughn; Children’s Picture Book—sponsored by Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Public Library & Friends of the ABC Public Library; Children’s Picture and Activity Books–Bilingual—sponsored by Santa Fe Public Library and Enchantment Lane Publications; Cookbook—sponsored by Rio Grande Books; Crafts/Hobby/How-to Book—sponsored by David Bachelor; Fiction–adventure or drama—sponsored by Vicky Ramakka; Fiction-historical fiction—sponsored by Florence Weinberg, Gaon Books; Fiction-mystery/suspense—sponsored by Wordharvest Writers Conference, C.C. Harrison and G.M. Malliet; Fiction-other—sponsored by Lani Kyea; Fiction-romance—sponsored by Suzanne Smith and Oak Tree Press; Fiction - science fiction & fantasy—sponsored by Florence Weinberg; First Book (first book published by author)—sponsored by Southwest Writers, Stardust Creations, Mining Sacred Ground and Marlene Hawkes; Gardening Book—sponsored by Rio Grande Books ; Gay/Lesbian (GLBT) Book—sponsored by Same-Sex Santa Fe Weddings; Health Book (includes wellness, nutrition, beauty)—sponsored by Mary Beal Ber- cham; History Book–Arizona subject—sponsored by Arizona Press Women and Clear Creek Publishing; History Book–New Mexico subject—sponsored by New Mexico Magazine and Museum of New Mexico Foundation; History Book–Other—sponsored by Artem- esia Publishing and Los Alamos Historical Society; Juvenile Book (grade school to junior high school)—sponsored by Green Knees; Multi-cultural Subject (Hispanic, Native American, etc.)—sponsored by University of New Mexico Press and Santa Fe Public Library; Nature/Environment Book—sponsored by New Mexico Book Association, sponsors of the Southwest Book Design Awards; New Age Book—sponsored by Mary O’Gara, creativity coach; Nonfiction-other—sponsored by Isabel Bucher; Parenting/Family Issues Book— sponsored by Judith McLaughlin and Daniel Godfrey; Pets and Animals—sponsored by April Radbill and AZRO Press; Philosophy— sponsored by New Mexico Humanist Society; Poetry Book (individual or collection)—sponsored by Bookworks, Poetry Playhouse, and New Mexico Poetry Society; Political Book (includes social/current events)—sponsored by Pauline and Mel Eisenstadt; Reference Book—sponsored by New Mexico Library Foundation; Religious Book—sponsored by Elizabeth Ann Galligan and Judith McLaughlin and Daniel Godfrey; Science (including mathematics)—sponsored by Anima Cabin Rental; Self-help Book (includes spirituality/ inspirational)—sponsored by Judith McLaughlin and Daniel Godfrey; Spanish Language Book—sponsored by David and Lani Kyea; Sports & Recreation—sponsored by New Mexico Magazine and www.Fisher-Chick.com; Travel Book (includes guides)—sponsored by New Mexico Magazine, Artemesia Publishing, www.Fisher-Chick.com and Tinkertown Museum; Young Adult Book (high school)— sponsored by Gaon Books; Young Readers Book (to grade 3)—sponsored by Judith McLaughlin and Daniel Godfrey; Best Cover De- sign (6x9 or smaller)—sponsored by Studio Z multimedia arts and A Twist of Karma Entertainment, LLC; Best Cover Design (larger than 6x9)—sponsored by River Light Media and Anon; Tony Hillerman Award for Best Fiction—sponsored by Wordharvest Writers Conference; Best Arizona Book—sponsored by Arizona Authors Association, The Sirens of Suspense, Clear Creek Publishing, Five Star Publications, and Arizona Press Women; Best New Mexico Book— sponsored by New Mexico Magazine, Santa Fe Public Library, and New Mexico Library Foundation; Best Book—sponsored by Santa Fe Public Library