Xlibris Author Wins 2006 Independent Publisher Book Awards

Washington D.C. – Bradley T. Platt, author of Deadstream, won an Honorable Mention Award for Great Lakes – Best Regional Fiction category. Platt, born in Saginaw, Michigan in 1971 and graduated from Central Michigan University in 1994, was formally recognized May 2006 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts flanking with other victors of diverse categories. The purpose of the IPPY Awards is to help deserving books and their messages reach a wider audience and to get the attention they deserve.

Published November 2005, Deadstream, the first release of a trilogy, talks about a man’s struggle to get through life and how he deals with the muddled tension bubbling beneath the surface of a rural place he calls home. Set in the 1980’s, Deadstream conveys an intense picture about the profundity and boundaries of the human spirit.

About the Independent Publisher Book Awards:

The Independent Publisher Book Awards, launched in 1996, is designed to bring increased recognition to the deserving but often unsung titles published by independent authors and publishers. Established as the first awards program open exclusively to independents, nearly 800 "IPPYs" have been awarded to publishers throughout North America. For more information, visit http://www.independentpublisher.com/.

About the Publisher:

Founded in 1997, Xlibris continuously gives writers the tools to become authors. In strategic partnership with Random House Ventures, Xlibris offers comprehensive publishing services from editing to proofreading, from cover design to page layout, from book and marketing and publicity that open the marketplace of published books to everyone, and will strengthen and enrich the landscape of books and writing as a whole. For more information, visit Xlibris.com or contact Jon Enriquez at JonAntonni.Enriquez@xlibris.com.