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July/August 2003
Michael A. Schuman recently won first prize in the "Historical Travel" category in the North American Travel Journalists Association's annual writing competition for 2002 for his feature on Old Sturbridge Village's annual Independence Day celebration. It appeared last June in Newsday
A letter from a fourth grader to Andrea Warren, explaining how her book Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps had impacted his life, won first place out of 3,600 entries in a California Center For the Book contest. Warren traveled to Sacramento to present the award and speak at the ceremony
Herbert Hadad is co-hosting a cable TV show about writers and writing in Westchester County, NY, with novelist Benjamin Cheever. Hadad was also elected second vice president of the Society of the Silurians, the oldest continuous press club in America
Bob Wilson's eleventh book, The Executive Job Search Handbook (Career Press/New Page Books, 2003), has drawn advance praise from U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy, in addition to corporate CEOs, outplacement executives, and human resource directors
Florence Temko's recent Origami Toys (Tuttle Publishing) is the first in a series of six books that will become available in 2003 and 2004. This will bring the total of Temko's titles of how-to craft books on paper arts and folk crafts up to 50, with more than 2.5 million copies in print
Kristin Ohlson's Stalking the Divine (Hyperion/Theia) will be published Aug 6
Nancy Henderson Wurst (formerly Nancy Bearden Henderson) recently received the 2003 Silver Award in the "Leisure/Lifestyle" category from the national City and Regional Magazine Association for her feature, "Getting There Is Half the Fun, " that appeared in the October 2002 issue of Atlanta magazine
ASJA member and Colorado author Cam Burns recently released his latest book, 50 Hikes in Colorado (WW Norton/The Countryman Press). The book is the 37-year-old author's 16th title. Burns is donating his share of income from Aspen-area sales to several Colorado non-profit groups
Kristin von Kreisler's new book, For Bea, just published by Tarcher/Putnam, has been endorsed by Betty White and Mary Tyler Moore
Sue Russell was recently featured on a Biography program on Aileen Wuornos, the recently-executed female serial killer and subject of Sue's book, Lethal Intent (Pinnacle, Nov 2002). Agent Linda Konner sealed the deal
Christine Adamec's new book, Prostate Cancer for Dummies (Wiley) was coauthored with Paul H. Lange, M.D., a prostate cancer survivor and chairman of urology at the University of Washington
Jan Greenberg's book, Hudson Valley Harvest: A Food Lover's Guide to Farms, Restaurants and Open-Air Markets was recently published by The Countryman Press
Judith Kel-man's 13th suspense novel, Every Step You Take, is due in August from Putnam
New member Michael Alvear launched his new book, Men Are Pigs But We Love Bacon (Kensington Books, May 2003). It's a "best of" collection from his syndicated sex advice column, "Need Wood?"
Sandra E. Lamb's second book on writing, Personal Notes: How to Write from the Heart for Any Occasion, is just out from St. Martin's Press
The latest travel guide from new ASJA members Mary and Bill Burnham, Rediscovering America: Exploring Small Towns of Virginia & Maryland (Hunter Publishing) was released in May
Betsa Marsh, travel columnist for The Cincinnati Enquirer, has been named Mark Twain Travel Writer of the Year 2002 by the Midwest Travel Writers Association, said to be the nation's oldest association of professional travel writers. This is Marsh's third Mark Twain Travel Writer of the Year Award; only one writer has won more in the 52-year history of the organization
Margie Goldsmith has been awarded the Crystal Prism Award, the highest honor from Advertising Women of New York, on whose board she serves. Goldsmith created "The Good, Bad & Ugly Awards" to celebrate advertisers portraying women positively, and admonishing advertising that insults women
Mitch Kaplan has been awarded a "2002 Harold S. Hirsch Award" for Excellence in Snowsports Journalism by the North American Snowsports Journalists Association (NASJA). Kaplan, the content editor for Kidznsnow.com and the travel editor for Onthesnow.com, won the award for on-line writing
Marian Sandmaier's new book, The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women, (National Institutes of Health, 2003) has just been released
Karen O'Connor received "Best Article of the Year Award for 2002" from the San Diego Christian Writers Guild for her article, "Forgiving Others Even When You Can't Forget," in The Lookout Magazine
Code Name Ginger (Harvard Business School Press), Steve Kemper's narrative about inventor Dean Kamen and the development of the Segway Human Transporter, is in bookstores
An article by Bruce W. Fraser, an adjunct professor at several New York City universities, on "Managing Risk Proactively" published in Strategic Finance magazine will appear in a textbook for Warren, Gorham & Lamont on Emerging Practices in Management Accounting
Alvin H. Reiss wrote the book, music and lyrics for Tall Paul, A Tall Tale: The Legend of Paul Bunyan, an original musical that premiered at the Heritage Hills Theater in Somers, NY
Mary Fonseca, author of Louisiana Gardens and Weekend Getaways in Louisiana, appeared on a PBS TV show, The Victory Garden, featuring courtyards in New Orleans' French Quarter
Organizing expert and author, Donna Smallin, recently launched Unclutter.com that offers free monthly organizing tips via e-mail. Her e-zine is Organizing Plain & Simple Monthly
David Sacks' second book, Language Visible: Unraveling the Mystery of the Alphabet from A to Z, will be published in August by Broadway Books and Knopf Canada, and also in October by Hutchinson in the U.K.
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett's first book, Pen On Fire, went to auction in late May and was bought by Harcourt/Harvest. It's due out September 2004.
