Southcrop Forest wins fantasy book awards
Part fantasy quest, part natural history, "Southcrop Forest" wins Best Nature & Environment Book in the 2009 Next Generation Indie Awards.
The Next Generation Indie Book Awards were established to recognize and honour the most exceptional independently published books for the year and is presented by the Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group in cooperation with Marilyn Allen of Allen O’Shea Literary Agency, New York.
The judges of the Next Generation Indie Book Awards are all actively involved in the indie book publishing industry, and range from literary agents to editors. They also include publishing executives, book reviewers, writing teachers, successful published authors, and experts in the various areas of judging including book design.
To win awards in both fiction and non-fiction genres is unusual for one book. But then "Southcrop Forest" is not your typical story. It crosses the bookstore aisle from Nature and Environment to Fantasy, making it a most intriguing educational resource. The story is rich and layered, touching on aspects of North American and Aboriginal history, Old Norse lore, chemistry and climate change science, as well as forest ecology, which can be easily used in a classroom.
"Southcrop Forest" was also recently awarded Best Book–Eastern Canada, and 3rd place–Fantasy, in the Reader Views 2009 Literary Awards. The book was a Finalist for Nature Writing, National Best Books 2008 Awards, USA Book News.
Lorne Rothman holds a Ph.D. in Zoology and studied ecology at the Universities of Toronto, British Columbia and Alberta. He lives in Toronto, Canada with his wife, two daughters and two cats, under the canopy of one of the finest stands of oak in the city. "Southcrop Forest" (ISBN 9780595495887, iUniverse, 2008) (ISBN, Press, 2008) can be purchased through Ingram Book Group, Baker & Taylor, and local and online bookstores.
For more information, visit http://www.southcropforest.ca.
Posted: May 23rd, 2009
Author: Floresiensis
Categories: Awards, Latest News
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