Saturday, April 28, 2007
FORMER TAMPA GROUP LEADER RECEIVES AWARDS
FWA member and former Tampa Group Leader Tracy A. Akers is pleased to announce that her novel, The Fire and the Light, Book One of the Souls of Aredyrah Series, has been named the Winner in the Young Adult Fiction category of the Eric Hoffer Awards. This awards program was established to honor independent books of exceptional merit. All of the honored books are covered in the annual anthology, Best New Writing.
In addition, The Fire and the Light was recently recognized as an Award Winning Finalist in two categories of the Indie Excellence Awards: Young Adult Fiction, and Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Previous awards for The Fire and the Light include being named a Finalist in ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Awards (winners to be announced June 1,) and a Bronze Medal Winner for Young Adult Literature in the Florida Book Awards. As a result of the Florida Book Awards, The Fire and the Light will be a highlighted title in the Florida Humanities Council's summer edition if their quarterly publication, Forum.
For additional information about Tracy A. Akers and her series of books, please visit www.soulsofaredyrah.com.
