16th Annual Self-Published Book Awards Winners – Inspirational
Announcing the Inspirational winners of the 16th Annual Writer’s Digest International Self-Published Book Awards
Inspirational
First-Place Winner
VesnaM.Bailey
LeamingtonONCanada
Notes To My Son Before You Go
Honorable Mentions
LauraBruno, M.A.
PetalumaCA
If I Only Had a Brain Injury
www.ifionlyhadabraininjury.com
TimothyS.Laniak
MatthewsNC
While Shepards Watch Their Flocks
www.sheperleader.com
JenOhlson
AustinTX
Every Town Needs A Trail
www.everytownneedsatrail.com
ThomasR.WinkelNicolaM.Winkel
PhoenixAZ
Transformation from Tragedy
www.wordpointpublishing.com
Entrants
SayyedA. H.Abdul-Rashid
BrooklynNY
The Lion and the Eagle
DianeAdams
OregoniaOH
Meditation Minute
www.lulu.com
KarenAndersonReginaAnderson
Fort WorthTX
Temples of Praise
www.mylightpublishing.com
MichaelAngelo
WestervilleOH
Liberty The Perfect Law
PradeepApte
IndoreM.P.India
The Nisargadatta Gita
www.lulu.com
LinkaK.Arkle
RosevilleCA
Affair With an Angel
www.outskirts press.com
KarinRAsmussen
MendocinoCA
Mood's Plus from Euzelus
RozaliaHorvathBalazsi
Sydney NSWAustralia
Conscious Channelling from the Akashic Records
www.akashicrecors-tarot.com
RosalindBaldwin
Sun ValleyCA
Double Rainbow Over Blakely
www.buybooksontheweb.com
FrankBall
EnumclawWA
Eyewitness: The Life of Chirst Told in One Story
www.winepressgoup.com
CathyBarker
SeattleWA
A Heron's Balance
www.heronsbalance.com
MarcBarone
HendersonNV
Italian Mothers Never Die
www.outskirtspress.com
JanetBaughman
AndersonSC
A Home for Mandy
NickolasBay
RenoNV
GOD Is In Your Molecules
www.amazon.com
MelanieBecerra
SacramentoCA
Cosmic Reality Seekers
KaminA.Bell, MS, MA
Laguna BeachCA
Journey to Abundance
www.amazon.com
GordonBennett
TerrellNC
Beyond Living
www.beyondliving.net
SharonD.Blackmon
CharlotteNC
A Woman with Sight and No Vision
www.sharonblackmon.com
ChristineBlake
EvergreenCO
Woman Redeemed
www.womanredeemednovel.com
EstellaReedBlevins
FranklinIN
Essies Abide Retirement Living
www.xlibris.com
JeanBlue
SearsMI
Open House
DebbieBoswell
BrooklynNY
Miriam's Journey
TedBrassfield, ACC
SouthfieldMI
Law of Attaction Workbook
MichaelBriese
Silver SpringMD
More Gifts of God's Grace
JeannieBrown
PalatineIL
Celcius-7
Dr. JacquelynBrown-Hadnot
Shawnee MissionKS
A Tresure in the Pleasure of Loving God
www.amazon.com
LarryButtram
Manassas ParkVA
The Greatest Gift
www.larrybuttram.com
BernieL.Calaway
CullowheeNC
Revelation for Regular Readers
ww.publishamerica.com
RhondaCalhoun
HoldenMO
The Bride
www.harvesthome.org
DenaRaeCarlock
White SalmonWA
In Search of Silence: Devotions for Moms Who Need a Time Out with God
www.amazon.com
SohrabChamanAra
Des PlainesIL
A Journey To The Truth
www.ajourneytothetruth.com
CliveChan
KowloonHong Kong
Live Life to the Fullest
CliveChan
KowloonHong Kong
Live Life to the Fullest
ShirleyCheng
Wappingers FallsNY
Embrace Ultra-Ability!
www.shirleycheng.com
AnnetteChilds, Ph.D.
RenoNV
Halfway Across The River
www.onecandle.net
D. A.Cobb
IndianapolisIN
God Is Everywhere
www.pleasantwordbooks.com
JohnJ.Cobb
Hoffman EstatesIL
Lord, When?
www.iuniverse.com
MarianneCriswell
StocktonCA
Take a Break
ElizabethHillCutting
WinchesterNH
Oil Of Joy
RyanDalgliesh
LongviewTX
Love Notes
www.xulonpress.com
BrooklynDarkchild
CincinnatiOH
This Ain't No Hearts and Flowers Love Story
www.lulu.com
CeceliaG.Davis
Fort PierceFL
15 Minutes to Live
www.atlasbooks.com
DouglasJ.Del Tondo, Esq.
IrvineCA
Jesus' Words on Salvation
www.bbotw.com
AnneDutton
Ft McDowell
A Heart Renewed
HeleneEssigVictoriaPerez
PhilippiWV
Angela's Angel
www.outskirtspress.com
SuzanneFairbrother, Ph.D.
YelmWA
Finding The Goddess Within
www.suzannefairbrother.com
JimFargiano
East QuogueNY
The Spoken Words of Spirit
www.jimfargiano.com
OlufemiFatunmbi
Los AngelesCA
Shapers of Destiny
RobertThomasFertig
LargoFL
A Guide To Universal Truths
www.amazon.com
WardFoley, Ph.D.
NortonKS
Thank My Lucky Scars
NinaFuller
NewburghIN
Special Strength for Special Parents
www.ninafuller.org
CaroleT.Fulmer
South WilliamsportPA
Dead Man in My Chair
KevinS.Garrison
Fort LauderdaleFL
It's Just a Matter of Balance
www.garrisonop.com
RuthieGarrison
Pine BluffAR
Thirty Thieves of Innocence
www.30thieves.com
RoseGasserLoisBrooks
RosevilleCA
Macular Degeneration: A Journey Out of Sight
www.trafford.com
MelindaJosiahGeaumont
SpringvaleME
Becoming Auma
www.amazon.com
MargieGerow
SnoverMI
In the Name of Religion
LoriGershon
StamfordCT
Child of Light
AnnGilbreth
Rocky ComfortMO
Dream Man
www.trafford.com
KeithDavidGill
Grand RapidsMI
The Ultimate Seeds: An Illustrated Guide to The Secret of the Universe
HankGilliam
DallasTX
Songbird
DeloriseA.Gines
Kansas CityMO
Just Wait! God Is Working it Out
CharlotteGoodwin
Pagosa SpringsCO
The Twisted Path
www.spiritsandmiracles.com
TerryGoss
ChicagoIL
GOD'S Great Holy Poems
www.holypoems.org
JanetGrillo
WilmingtonDE
My Secret Journal
www.mysecretjournal.tx
BenGruagach
Eden PrairieMN
The Wiccan Mystic
www.witchgrotto.com
ValerieGuimaraes
RochesterMN
Journey from Frog Creek
www.amazon.com
CaroleHamm
LewisburgPA
Springtime Of The Soul
AdrianneHampton
BrooklynNY
T.HE L.OVE C.OLLECTION
www.legacyentertainment.biz
LaneenA.Haniah
DallasTX
A Spiritual Famine: The Testing of Your Faith
www.victoriouslyfree.org
Edmund And VirginiaHansen
Sun City CtrFL
Chirstmas Memories
www.authorhouse.com
DianeAndersonHarvey, Ph. D.
Foster CityCA
Doctor, Patient, Object, Thing
www.authorhouse.com
PatHastings
ProvidenceRI
Simply a Woman of Faith
www.simplyawomanoffaith.com
GaryEdwardHaymes, DMA, RH
Fort ErieONTCanada
Go Beyond Stress
www.publishamerica.com
MariaDancingHeart
LynnwoodWA
The Last Adventure of Life
www.thelastadventureoflife.com
ClaireHeaton
FarnhamSurreyUnited Kingdom
Martha's Voice
www.marthasvoice.com
SharonHill
Gympie DCQueenslandAustralia
Back in Daddy's Arms
www.backindaddysarms.com
HeleneHolt
ProvoUT
Namesake, Seeking the Living Christ
JosephineCHolt
EatontonGA
A Seeker's Journal
MaryKHooker
Wilkes-barrePA
A Time to Rhyme
www.amazon.com
KathleenHuddle
ElmiraNY
Mama With a Blue Face: A Memoir Marbleizing Motherhood and Art
www.authorhouse.com
DavidM.Humphrey Sr.
GarlandTX
Dark Things
BranchIsole
LahainaHI
God . . . i believe
www.manaopublishing.com
JamesA.Jimason
Temple HillsMD
Give Me Destiny!
www.amazon.com
JamesR.Johnson
Connellys SpringsNC
Truth or Tradition Volume I
www.iuniverse.com
Linda"Mosetta"Jones
DallasTX
Nappyisms
www.nappyhairaffair.com
JulietteSeelyeKarow
Safety HarborFL
Pinnacles
CharleneKateKavanagh
MadisonWI
Going Home: The Lost Story of Chief The Fire Dog
www.amazon.com
ScottKilander
El CajonCA
Carly_Bugg03
www.amazon.com
DonnaKincheloe
EvansvilleIN
I Never Walk The Halls Alone
www.walkthehalls.com
P. G.Kivett, Esquire
FresnoCA
The Tinity Coin
www.deepriverpubs.com
R.W.Klamm
IndependenceMO
Fly Like a Bumblebee: A Blind Magician Shares His Most Powerful Secrets
www.klammbooks.com
R.W.Klamm
IndependenceMO
Outfox the Kids For Fun and Profit
www.klammbooks.com
EmersonKlees
RochesterNY
The Moral Navigator
PatriciaA.Knott
ConwayAR
The Search For Kum Ba Ya
www.xulonpress.com/book_detail.php?id+5328
SherylP.Kurland
LongwoodFL
Everlasting Matrimony: Pearls of Wisdom From Couples Married 50 Years or More
www.everlastingmatrimony.com
KathyLabosh
LancasterPA
The Child with Autism Learns The Faith
www.laboshpublishing.com
KaraD.Lane
CarmelIN
Wake Up To Powerful Living: 12 Principles To Transform Your Life!
www.wakeuptopowerfulliving.com
AnnieB.Lawrence, Ph.D., CHT, HHP
SedonaAZ
Love's Secret
www.amazon.com
JimiLease
Rocky ComfortMO
The Last Miracle
www.trafford.com
ToniV.Lee
OrlandoFL
Expectations
www.pleasantwordbooks.com
LouiseLewis
IrvineCA
No Experts Needed: The Meaning of Life According To You!
www.amazon.com
MarkAnthonyLord
ChicagoIL
The Seven Living Words
www.markanthonylord.com
ConstanceLuciano
Oro ValleyAZ
The Teachings of Jonah
www.amazon.com
HedriaLunken
RochesterNY
Square One At 51
www.wmebooks.com
MarthaleeLyman
RentonWA
The Keeper
wegoon777@aol.com
ToddJ.Lyon, M.D.
New BostonNH
The Holding Sky of Awareness: Experiencing Joy Through Ego Dis-Identification
DonnaCarolMaheady, ARNP, EdD
West Palm BeachFL
Leave No Nurse Behind: Nurses Working with disAbilities
www.iuniverse.com
JennieMarlow
BoonvilleCA
Personal Magic: A Spotted Eagle & Grandfather White Elk Book
www.lulu.com
DelroyMarshall
LithoniaGA
Adam and Eve Were Not Naked
DoloresAMcCabe
HamdenNY
AXIOS
SethRMcChghy
SpringfieldMO
Embracing a faith to Live By
SethR.McGhghy
SpringfieldMO
Embracing a faith to Live By
PamelaMcKissack
ClevelandOH
Apostolic Recovery
JenniferMcLean
IrvineCA
the BIG book of YOU
www.bigbookofyou.com
DaleMcNair
BartlettTN
Hearing from God Made Simple: Easy as ABCs
R. TerryMeiser
MifflinPA
Life Is Simple Hard But Simple
www.lifeissimplehardbutsimple.com
C.H.Melton
AustellGA
Pocket Power
www.ubewellserices.com
TennaMerchent, M.H.
NoblesvilleIN
He's Not Autistic, But ….
www.bookmasters.com
GinnieMesibov
PhiladelphiaPA
Outer Strength, Inner Strength
www.outerstrengthinnerstrength.com
M. D.Meyer
Norway House MBCanada
Deep Waters
www.dorenemeyer.com
MinniettaMillard
IndianapolisIN
A Closer Look: A Theology of the Ordinary
www.authorhouse.com
SandraMiller
WoodbridgeVA
Balancing Blessings and Obtaining Order for women
www.balancingblessings.com
DoloresMMiller
New HopePA
Beautiful Warrior: Poetry & Prose
www.beautifulwarrior.com
LindaA.Mohr
West Palm BeachFL
Tatianna
www.lindamohr.net
MarieA.Monroe
River ForestIL
Shackled
www.authorhouse.com
KatherineRobertsMoore
High PointNC
Dancing Rainbows
www.authorhouse.com
PeteMoore
Oklahoma CityOK
Seven Spiritual Steps To Freedom From Addiction
www.xlibris.com
EdwardNamerdy
Key WestFL
The Source (Finding Your Way Home)
www.buybooksontheweb.com
EdwardNamerdy
Key WestFL
Another Place in Space
www.buybooksontheweb.com
DonnaJeanneNoble
HartvilleOH
Mirror, Mirror: Christmas Reflections
RuthAnnNordin
SpringfieldNE
An Inconvenient Marriage
www.outskirtspress.com
EdOkonowicz
ElktonMD
GOLD Frankincense & Myrrh
www.mystandlace.com
ClaudetteA.Palatsky
DowneyCA
Think it Not Strange
www.thinkitnotstrange.com
AnniePane
WoodbridgeVA
The Dance of Balance for Body Mind and Spirit
DonPardue
Lenoir CityTN
Blossoms of Winter
SharonParenteau
EndicottNY
I Can Do This; I Can Die
www.amazon.com
LillianPearson
HarringtonDE
Ben's Family Journal
LillianPearson
HarringtonDE
Unto Children's Children
LillianPearson
HarringtonDE
Walking the Faith Road
LillianPearson
HarringtonDE
Faith's Inheritance
ThomasE.Pierce
VinelandNJ
The Last Rose
www.amazon.com
RubyPierrot
PlanoTX
Cast Iron Butterfly
www.amazon.net
NumaJayPillion
Lady LakeFL
Spiritual Eyes
www/wheatmark.com
DarlenePitts
SmyrnaGA
Let's Talk Intuition 101 Powerful Insights to Transform Your Life Today and Forever
www.inspirationandintuition.com
DominicPope
PittsburghPA
Pages and Rages
www.pagesandrages.com
JimmiePowell
MemphisTN
The Squirrel, the Worm, and the Nut Trees
www.outskirtspress.com/Jimmy Powell
ElsiePoyntonW/ CarolLMalnor
Penn ValleyCA
My Love Affiar with God: A Medium's Message of Hope
www.harmonypoynt.com
AshaPraver
Mountain ViewCA
Swami Kriyananda: As We have Known Him
www.crystalclarity.com
NelsonPrice
JamesvilleNY
Spirit Sail: A Memoir of Spirituality and Sailing
www.iuniverse.com
John and PattyProbst
La HabraCA
A Place For Farmer & Emile
www.johnpattybooks.com
John and PattyProbst
La HabraCA
Janee
www.johnpattybooks.com
MichaelMcEwenRandall
MitchellSD
Becoming Human
www.mike-randall-writes.com
MyronRRatkowski
MilwaukeeWI
The Samaritan Woman
Dr. SusanLReid
Penn LairdVA
Discovering Your Inner Samurai
www.amazon.com
IngridSRennie
BowieMD
Words of Wisdom for God's Women & A Daily Scripture Prayer
IngridSRennie
BowieMD
One Hundred Love Letters For God's Women
JimRigas
NorthbrookIL
The Way of the Butterfly
www.jimrigas.com
DeniseMarieRotheimer
BarringtonIL
Sight of the Soul
www.amazon.com
LauraM.Roy
BrillionWI
Paradise Now!
EverettProsperityRucker
CincinnatiOH
Expectant Hope
everettmrucker@aol.com
HollyRudolf
Saint JosephMO
By The Heartful: Seasons of Hope in Word and Image
CarolRutter
SarasotaFL
Burying The Secret
www.amazon.com
MarvinSallee
BidwellOH
Wheelchair For Sale: A Story of Hope
www.mlsallee.com
Dr. T. DarnellSaunders
ChesapeakeVA
Take Up Your Bed & Be Healed
Dr. T. DarnellSaunders
ChesapeakeVA
If You Want A Harvest, You Have to be Willing to Cultivate the Soil
MathildeApeltSchmidt
HaywardCA
Happiness A Matter Of The Mind
www.amazon.com
JosephSchott
Elk PointSD
A Spirit of HOPE
www.buybooksontheweb.com
LeeSchulstad
SammamishWA
A Finger in the Water
LynneScott
AlgerOH
Dingo Devotionals: Learning to Heel
Cinique'Scott
RaleighNC
Cipher Of Life
Dr. DeliaSellers
PrescottAZ
Getting It Right This Time
Dr. MatthewLeeSmith
San PedroCA
In HIS Image
EileenSmith
RichmondVA
Glimpses Unspoken
www.glimpses-unspoken.com
StanSmith
OaklandCA
Living In the Infinite And Still Getting to Work on Time
www.livingintheinfinite.com
WilliamJSmith
Boca RatonFL
Insight To Success
www.buybooksontheweb.com
JaneElizabethSmith
LouisvilleKY
Your Three Wishes
www.janeelizabethpublishing.com
AleneSnodgrass
Corpus ChristiTX
Dirty Laundry Secrets
www.alenesnodgrass.com
MarySoliel
LouisvilleCO
I Can See Clearly Now
http://www.iuniverse.com
StaciStallings
AmarilloTX
Cowboy
www.lulu.com
NancyStampahar
PittsburghPA
Peace Love and Lemonade
www.peaceloveandlemonade.com
EdStarkey
DoverPA
99 Stimulating Points to Ponder
KrisSteinnes
SeattleWA
Women of Wisdom
www.womenofwisdom.org
A. GoodwinSummerville
GoshenCT
Woman of Light
www.amazon.com
TadasTalaikis
VilniusLiechtenstein
How to Live Without Problems
KimC.Tavares
Santa ClaraCA
Inside Out
RhayneMarcellaThomas
Las VegasNV
I'm 40! I'm Feisty! And there's a gray hair in my What?!?
www.funnydeevahh.com
LindaAbbottTrapp
San DiegoCA
Intentional Living: Lessons from the Tree of Life
www.amazon.com
RonnieGaleTurbane
OceansideNY
My Secret Life As A Priestess
www.turbanecaompany.com
EdwardV.Tuttle
Santa MariaCA
Mysterious Ways
www.amazon.com
LisaMUmina
IndepedenceOH
Milo and the Green Wagon: A Life Lesson to Give
www.halopublishing.com
M. ArleneVan Belle
NilesMI
A Journey of Healing
MarthaSageVang
Santa FeNV
Cooking at Cat Track Ranch
RitaVilla
LimaNY
The Cat Factory: "Who do you think makes everything?:
www.happyspirt.com
Lloyal High CloudWalker
HayforkCA
Alpha State Writings
www.amazon.com
StuartWard
MontagueCA
Strange Days Indeed
www.strangedaysthebook.com
HileyH.Ward
WarringtonPA
Understanding Reality Religion
www.iuniverse.com
DickWarn
TualatinOR
Mystical Mentor
MarshaWarsaw
BellflowerIL
When Butterflies Laugh
LeonaNicholasWelch
FostersAL
Tupac, Rahab And Them
KristiWeldon
AtlantaGA
Health and Happiness Elvis Style
www.happyelvis.com
JamiePaulWesseler
Columbia CityIN
Where The Birds Go When It Rains
www.authorhouse.com
Eileen"Ike"West
AustinTX
Away From Hannah's Castle
www.awayfromhannahscastle.com
NancyWilde
SewickleyPA
dedicated to . . .
StevenA.Wilkens
CerescoMI
Tattooed Angels
www.buybooksontheweb.com
StevenA.Wilkens
CerescoMI
Nana's Willow
www.buybooksontheweb.com
LanaYvetteWilliams
Brooklyn CenterMN
Under the Shadow A True Story
www.markdavidwilliams.com
PatrickMartinWilliams, Jr.
AbbevilleLA
The Plowboy: Words of Faith and Encouragement
www.amazon.com
D. M.Wilmes
Dardenne PrairieMO
Gone But Not Forgotten: A Christmas Story
EllenWood
QuestaNM
The Secret Method For Growing Younger
www.howtogrowyounger.com
B. J.Woods
ThamesfordONTCanada
Who Your Friends Are
www.trafford.com
DarenWride
Lake CountryBCCanada
Release
www.adventureofthesoul.com
RubyeCWright
KnoxvilleTN
God's 9 + Moses's 1 Commandments
MargotWright
LafayetteCO
Unexpected Light
www.clearlyyouconsulting.com
LillianYee-Stewart
CaledonONCanada
Beyond The Veil
www.lillianyee-stewart.com
MikeYoung
Santa FeNM
John's Remarkable Journey
LindaL.Zern
Saint CloudFL
The Long-Promised Song
www.zippityzerns.com
StephanieZonars
XeniaOH
Time Out
www.campuscrusade.com
R.E.Y.L.M.T.
DenverCO
You Are Enough
www.amazon.com
Terry C.
New YorkNY
In The Circle of My Mothers
www.inthecircleofmymothers.com