2014 MWSA Book Award Finalists

I'm proud to announce the 2014 MWSA Book Award Finalists. Congratulations to you all! I'm very impressed with the many strong candidates this year--a testament to the high quality work of our members. Winners will be announced at our 2014 conference in Phoenix. Good luck, everyone! --Dwight Jon Zimmerman, president

 

2014 MWSA Book Award Finalists

 

HISTORICAL FICTION

 

Firehammer by Ric Hunter

Eyes of the Blind by John Huffman

The Dark Side of Glory by Richard McMahon

Widow of Gettysburg by Jocelyn Green

We Were Beautiful Once: Chapters fro a Cold War by Joe Carvalko

When Wars Were Won by Hugh Aaron

Flying into the Storm by Bill Norris

Buckskin Scots by Art Loughry

Marilyn Monroe: On the Couch by Alma Bond

 

THRILLER/MYSTERY

 

Fear of Beauty by Susan Froetschel

Cochabamba Conspiracy by Brinn Colenda

Amazon Moon by Glenn Starkey

The Warriors by Tom Young

Tempest of Fire by Steve Wilson

Revolution 2016: Take Back America by Lee Boyland with Vista Boyland

 

SCIENCE-FICTION/FANTASY/HORROR

 

Restless Hearts, What if Fallen Heroes Could Go Home? By Dennis Baker

Fade to Black by Jeffrey Wilson

 

SHORT STORY COLLECTION

 

Night Flares Six Tales of the Vietnam War by Robert M. Pacholik

 

ROMANCE

 

Forget Me Not by Heather Ashby

Silks and Sands by Kathi Rowe

 

ANTHOLOGY

 

Home of the Brave: Somewhere in the Sand by Jeffery Hess

 

HISTORY

 

Georgia Remembers Gettysburg: A Collection of First-Hand Accounts Written by Georgia Soldiers by J. Keith Jones

 

Red Markers, Close Air Support for the Vietnamese Airborne, 1962-1975 by Gary Willis

America’s Greatest Blunder: The Fateful Decision to Enter World War One by Burton Yale Pines

The Fires of October by Blaine L. Pardoe

The Great War Dawning by Joe Robinson

Valor in Vietnam 1963-1977 Chronicles of Honor, Courage, and Sacrifice by Allen Clark

 

MEMOIR

After Action: The True Story of a Cobra Pilot’s Journey by Dan Sheehan

Condemned Property? By Dusty Trimmer

Da Nang Diary: A Forward Air Controller’s Gun Sight View of Flying with SOG by Tom Yarborough

All I could Be: My Story as a Woman Warrior in Ira by Miyoko Hikiji

My Life with a Wounded Warrior by Pamela Foster

Infantry Lieutenant by Gid B. Adkisson III

 

BIOGRAPHY

Hal Moore: A Soldier Once . . . and Always by Mike Guardia

Walter Goes to War – World War II by Dick Hrebik

West Point Leadership: Profiles of Courage D.E. Rice, J.A. Vigna, and G. E. Mathieson Sr.

 

REFERENCE

Backbone: History, Traditions, and Leadership Lessons of the Marine Corps NCO’s by Julia Dye

U.S. Army and Marine Corps MRAP’s by Mike Guardia

Fields of War: Battle of Normandy by Robert Mueller

 

CREATIVE NON-FICTION

The Road to Frogmore: Turning Slaves into Citizens by Carolyn P. Schriber

Unheralded Heroes by Thomas van Hees

 

HUMOR

Congressional Integrity by David Michaelson

 

SPIRITUAL/RELIGIOUS

“Endowed by Their Creator”: A Collection of Historic American Military Prayers by Colonel Ronald D. Ray

 

BOOK

Twisted Tongues Volume 2 by Jim Greenwald

Shadows of Combat, Poetry about the Vietnam Era by Richard C. Geschke and Robert A Toto

 

AGES 12 & BELOW

Mixed Up: My Ant’s Mysteries by Sandra Miller Linhart

Fun Days in Pittsburgh by Pat McGrath Avery & Joyce Faulkner

A Sergeant in the House by Betty Turnbull & Susan Senning

Good Night Captain Mama: Buenas Noches Capitán Mamá by Graciela Tiscareno-Sato

 

YOUNG ADULT

Believing in Horses, Too by Valerie Ormond

No Surrender Soldier by Christine Kohler

The Adventures of Gopher Piddington by David Michaelson