AmericanBookFest.com announced The Investment Club as the winner of Best Literary Fiction in THE 2017 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS (IBA) on May 22, 2017. Over 300 winners and finalists were announced in over 80 categories. Awards were presented for titles published in 2015, 2016 and 2017.
Jeffrey Keen, President and CEO of American Book Fest, said this year’s contest yielded over 1,500 entries from authors and publishers around the world, which were then narrowed down to the final results. The Investment Club beat out the following finalists to win Doug’s second International Book Award for Best Literary Fiction (Outside In won in 2014):
- A Stone for Bread by Miriam Herin
Livingston Press, West Alabama University
978-1604891560 - Follow the River Home by Corran Harrington
Arbor Farm Press
978-0-9855200-2-1 - House of Large Sizes by Ian Graham Leask
Calumet Editions
978-1939548450 - Peregrine Island by Diane B. Saxton
She Writes Press
978-1-63152-151-5 - The Romantic Imperative by Evelyn Marshall
Piper Press
978-0-9890634-3-2 - The Tolling of Mercedes Bell by Jennifer Dwight
She Writes Press
978-1-63152-070-9
Congratulations to all of the Winners & Finalists of the 2017 International Book Awards. Read more about all the winners and finalists by category in their announcement.
