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ATLANTIC CITY (May 3, 2008) _ The 2008 Beach Book Festival has named Dr. Thienna Ho’s “Unlocking The Mystery Of Skin Color” as the grand prize winner of its annual competition honoring the hottest reads of the summer season. The meticulously-researched book tackles the controversial question of whether skin color is fixed or can be changed to a remarkable degree without using drugs, chemicals and steroids. More than a how-to, the book explores the world’s eons-long fascination with skin color, and provides some startling photos of people who have changed the color of their skin – including the author! Ho’s work has earned her the festival’s grand prize of $1500 and a week-long stay at the Larimar St. Croix Writer’s Retreat in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Other winners and honorable mentions for the 2008 Beach Book Festival: GENERAL FICTION: WINNER: “The Love Song of Monkey,” Michael Graziano RUNNER-UPS: “Hard-Boiled Men,” Guy Jacobs “Footfalls,” Eddie Gresham HONORABLE MENTION: “The Pale Surface of Things,” Janey Bennett “Forward To Camelot,” Susan Sloate and Kevin Finn “The Other Half of My Soul,” Bahia Abrams “The 12th Demon: Vampyre Majick,” Bruce Hennigan “Breathing Out The Ghost,” Kirk Curnutt “The Rose of York,” Sandra Worth “Islands,” Sara Stamey "The Beijing Games," Pat DePaolo “One Clown Short,” Linda Wright “Protector,” Laurel Dewey “Snapping The String,” Robert Paul Blumenstein “Nightwolf,” Melody Ravert “Foot Ways,” Lynn Veach Sadler “The Street Life Series: Is It Passion or Revenge?” Kevin M. Weeks “The House of Pendragon, Book II: The Recruit,” Debra A. Kemp “The Passion of Mary Magdalen,” Elizabeth Cunningham POETRY: WINNER: “Weapon of Choice,” Jeffery Martin RUNNER-UP: “The Crowded World of Solitude: Volume 2,” Albert Russo GENERAL NON-FICTION: WINNER: “Unlocking The Mystery of Skin Color,” Dr. Thienna Ho HONORABLE MENTION: “When The Mob Ran Vegas: Stories of Money, Mayhem and Murder,” Steve Fischer “The Acrobat: A Showman’s Topsy-Turvy World,” George A. Hamid/George A. Hamid Jr. “Some Day Never Comes,” Kerry LePage “Open Your Heart With Reading,” Jeannette Cezanne “Peaceful, Positive Revolution,” Steven Shafarman “Secrets From The Sofa,” Dr. Kenneth Herman “Why Don’t We Listen Better?” James C. Petersen “The Dominium,” Hasanuddin “Devastation on the Delaware,” Mary A. Shafer “Being Here,” Ariel and Shya Kane “Invisible No More,” Joyce Kramer/Renee Fisher/Jean Peelen BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY WINNER: “Tales from the Piney Grove,” Bobby Morrison RUNNER-UP: “It Was Never About A Hot Dog and a Coke,” Rodney L. Hurst Sr. HONORABLE MENTION: “I Was A Younger Brother,” Daniel Burch Fiddler “The Road Down Snake Hill,” Pierre Renaldo “Special Dream,” Luellen Hoffman “Look What I Found Under The Bed,” K. David “Little Miss Smarty-Pants,” Suzanne Kopoulos “Dancing On His Grave,” Barbara Richard CHILDREN’S WINNER: “Trains and Real Locomotives,” William Trombello/Brian Diskin RUNNER-UP: “How A Real Locomotive Works,” William Trombello/Brian Diskin HONORABLE MENTION: “I Can’t Wait Till I’m Five,” Colleen Blake/Nicholas Levy/Carol Torgerson “Curio, A Shetland Sheepdog and Her Pals,” Jeanette Griver/Phyllis L. Milway “Billy and the Birdfrogs,” B.B. Wurge “Pajo,” Karl L. Kruger “Guardian Of Dreams: A Bedtime Story,” Wendy Torrel “Who Am I?” Suzanne Mulcahy/Patty O’Rourke “Have You Ever Seen…?” Adonia Smith/E. Lynn Jacobowitz HOW-TO: WINNER: “How To Mediate Like A Pro” – Mary Greenwood RUNNER-UP: “Notes From The Waiting Room,” Bart Windrum TEENAGE: WINNER: “What The Sea Wants,” Tracy E. Banghart HONORABLE MENTION: “Surfer Girl,” Penelope Dyan “Surfing Summer’s Florida Adventure,” Penelope Dyan “Day Zero,” Swanee Ballman :”Echo Glass,” Heather Morrall “Saving Our Teen Drivers,” John Loughry “From Slave To Superstar of the Wild West,” Tom DeMund SPIRITUAL: WINNER: “Party of Twelve: The Afterlife Interviews,’ Barbara With HONORABLE MENTION: “Courageous Souls,” Robert Schwartz “Halfway Across The River,” Annette Childs, Ph.D “The Strange Odyssey of Peter Sampson,” Hal Schweig “Living Beyond Belief,” Jaia Lee “Tatianna: Tales and Teachings of My Feline Friend,” Linda A. Mohr “High Way From Hell,” Moonstone Star White “Stop Struggling and Start Living,” Elfreda Pretorious “The Big Book of You,” Jennifer McLean SCIENCE FICTION: WINNER: “Cretaceous Dawn,” L.M. Graziano and M.S.A. Graziano HONORABLE MENTION: “The Starfish People,” Leann Marshall “The Legacy of Ogma,” E.A. Pappaport “Paraworld Zero,” Matthew Peterson “The Chimera Virus,” Dean J. Forchette AUDIO BOOKS: WINNER: “Bee Balms and Burgundy,” Nelson Pahl RUNNER-UP: “Your Final Diet,” Dr. Abby Aronowitz HEALTH: WINNER: “Organic For Health,” Sandy Powers RUNNER-UP: “Let’s Eat Out!” Kim Koeller and Robert La France ROMANCE: WINNER: “Child Secrets,” Mara Purl RUNNER-UP: “American Cool,” Susan DiPlacido HONORABLE MENTION: “Yesterday’s Shadow,” Ray McElhaney “A Fat Virgin Death,” Joyce Tracksler COMPILATIONS/ANTHOLOGIES: WINNER: “Silent Voices,” Peter A. Balaskas RUNNER-UP: “Lines of Velocity: Words That Move From WriteGirl,” Keren Taylor HONORABLE MENTION: “I Can’t Believe I Get Paid To Do This!” Stacey Mayo “More Sand In My Bra,” edited by Julia Weiler and Jennifer Leo HISTORY: WINNER: “Sail Away, Ladies,” Jim Coogan BUSINESS: WINNER: “How To Become A Total Failure,” Bill Guillory/Phil Davis HONORABLE MENTION: “Simple Selling,” Thomas Ray Crowel “Conscious Globalism,” David Schwerin More...
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