AWARDS and RECOGNITION
2026 The Da Vinci Eye Award
Finalist Eric Hoffer Book Award
2025 IAN Book of the Year Award
Finalist Multicultural Nonfiction
2025 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award
NABE Pinnacle Book Award Winner Literary Collections
2025 Readers Favorite
5-star Review "Brimming with variety, warmth, and imagination"
2025 Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book
Shelf Unbound Top 100 Notable Indie
2025 Outstanding Creators Best Nonfiction Book and Ultimate Championship Trophy Winner
1st Place Best Non-Fiction Book of Fall & Winter 2025, 1st Place Autobiographies / Memoirs, 1st place Books About Disabilities, 1st place Motivational / Inspirational Books, 1st place Military Literature, OCA Ultimate Championship Trophy Winners
images & press release
Media
kirkus reviews Nov 1st issue
readers favorite 5-star review
betty loves to read review
harlow read into wonderland unboxing
book bestie jessie unboxing
tina marie reads unboxing
the outsiderbookshelf unboxing
Karen.Aboutbooks 4.5 stars!
BookedByEm unboxing
BookBestieJessie unboxing
reeca's pieces (ig post)
PJP REVIEWS
Susan the Bookbag review
girltalk hq dear mr blue sweater excerpt
Hasty booklist oct 20 stack
shereads most anticipated short stories of 2025
Hasty bookstack oct 27 2025
WOMEN WRITERS, WOMEN'S BOOKS
Hasty bookstack nov 11 2025
WOMEN WRITERS, WOMEN'S BOOKS ON X (formerly twitter)
Reeca's PIECES EXCERPT
Kathy L. Murphy Big Book Love Reading List! 2026 Books of the Month: January
Leading With Empathy: Carol Van Den Hende MBA’95’s Writing Career
Press & Interviews
storyblender podcast interview with steven james
shepherd floral covers
shepherd top 2025 books
wfmz 69 TV sunrise interview with eve russo
Hasty Booklist interview with ashley hastyo
sarahlyn bruck interview
My paper online
Suburban essex magazine with jackie schatell
reignite with nicole writer unblocked podcast
Live chat with tina morgan
Live chat with MELISSA BANCZAK
Writing to Build Empathy with Carol Van Den Hende
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