Xlibris Authors Named Winners in the New York Book Festival

Xlibris authors Kevin Weeks and L.W. Berrie were among the privileged few to be named winners in the 2007 New York Book Festival, an award-giving body that gives recognition to authors whose books highlight their story-telling abilities.

L.W. Berrie’s Strike at the Heart was named Best Science Fiction Book, while The Street Life Series by Kevin Weeks won in the Wild Card category. Both titles also received honors in the 2007 Hollywood Book Festival.

Other Xlibris titles that earned special mentions in different categories of the New York Book Festival are Romina Wilcox’s Cold Eyes for Fiction, Alexander Duvan’s Planet New York for Non-Fiction, and M. Almanza’s The Woods for Science Fiction.

The New York Book Festival aims to recognize the achievement of writers in the non-fiction, fiction, children’s books, teenage, poetry, how-to, audio/spoken word, comics, e-books, wild card, science fiction, romance and biography/autobiography genres.

The 2007 New York Book Festival is produced by the independent media company JM Northern Media and was held on June 23 in Central Park.

To read more about the festival and the winners, visit newyorkbookfestival.com or the Xlibris online bookstore.

About the Author
Kevin M. Weeks was born on the rough side of West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has seen a lot on the streets, which is what brought about this debut novel about the American people. His novels are a true depiction of the street life, and readers will be taken aback [G1]by their old school wisdom. Weeks includes a parental advisory page to ensure that parents are made aware of his novel’s explicit content.. He was recently told by a journalist that he is the first Urban Fiction author to issue a parental advisory statement.

Meanwhile, L W Berrie was educated in California, but he hails from Davenport, Iowa.. After graduating from California State University of Los Angeles with a B.S. in Mathematics and Science, he worked for 23 years in the aerospace industry. He went back to school in the Legal Assistance Program of the University of California at Irvine (UCI) and graduated with a perfect 4.0 grade point average. He took additional writing courses at UCI to improve his skill as a writer. The UC library system and the Special Forces at Fort Bragg, N.C. provided the research materials for his story.


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