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Our Author Website of the Year Award goes to…
Julie Cohen's Website and Blog. Bloomin' lovely to look at and with excellent navigation, Julie Cohen's website is a must visit. Her blog is updated regularly with a great mix of both writing related and personal posts.
Our Book Cover of the Year Award goes to…
Miracle On Regent Street by Ali Harris. The cover of Miracle On Regent Street manages to retain that romantic 'chick lit' feel while still being unique, modern and original. The colours are super pretty, the illustrations match the story inside and there is not a headless woman in sight!
Our Publisher of the Year Award goes to…
Simon & Schuster UK. One of the best things about writing about books for a living is getting to meet the publishers of those books. Not only are Ally Glynn and Alice Murphy an absolute pleasure to work with, supportive of book bloggers and passionate about Chick Lit, they (along with the lovely Sara Jade Virtue) helped to create and run Simon and Schuster's fantastic dedicated Women's Fiction site – Books and the City. Well done, guys!
Our Author-Tweeter of the Year Award goes to…
Jennifer Weiner. As well as writing fabulous books, @jenniferweiner can often be found around the interwebs, conversing with her audience and calling people out on their crap. She's the woman behind this year's #franzenfraude hashtag, which criticized the fact that Jonathan Franzen received 'overcoverage' in the media for writing about the breakdown of an American family in his novel, Freedom, while commercial women writers who write about the same themes are being critically overlooked. She basically just shows up, kicks some ass, makes us laugh, makes us think and entertains us. #hearteyes
Read this interview with Jen about writers using twitter.
Our Non-Women's Fiction Book of the Year Award goes to…
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society By Mary Anne Shaffer
You can read Cesca's review of this wonderful book here.
Our Author of the Year Award goes to…
Miranda Dickinson. This woman is an inspiration to all us aspiring writers. Miranda has hit the bestseller lists with each of her three novels, has vlogged her entire journey of the writing and publication of It Started With A Kiss, invented The New Rose Prize for writers and on top of that is just utterly lovely and humble. We think Miranda Dickinson is awesome and we are very glad to award her our Author of the Year 2011.
Visit Miranda's Blog.