Xlibris salutes its authors who have seen great achievements through their books! Please find below a list of Notable Xlibris Authors.
Xlibris titles acquired by traditional publishers:
(Author, Xlibris Title, Acquiring Publisher)
Timothy A. Pychyl, The Procrastinator’s Digest, Penguin Tarcher
LaDawn Black, Stripped Bare, One World/Ballentine
David Mills, Atheist Universe, Ulysses Press / Random House
Ted Bell, Nick of Time, St. Martin’s Press
Brian Wiprud, Sleep with the Fishes, Dell Publishing
James Wesley Rawles, Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse, Ulysses Press/Random House
David Gikandi, A Happy Pocket Full of Money, Hampton Roads Publishing
Sergio de la Pava, Naked Singularity, University of Chicago Press
Regina Jeffers, Darcy’s Passion, White Soup Press
A American, Going Home, Penguin Plume
Neil M. Pine, The Conscious Planet: A Vision of Sustainability, Peace & Prosperity, Trine Day Press
Xlibris authors whose books were optioned for a possible movie adaptation:
Pete Liebengood, Accidental Droning – He presented his Xlibris book to participating agents, producers, and studio executives at Xlibris’ Book-to-Screen Pitchfest in Los Angeles, US. One Hollywood producer saw a great potential for the book to be a film, and optioned it for a possible movie adaptation. https://blog.xlibris.com/xlibris-news/accidental-droning-pete-liebengood/
Chelsea Ashe, Happy Hour Stories: The Dating Misadventures of a Girl Between Her Cocktails. – American production company Double Lenses, Inc. has recently finalized an option agreement with Xlibris author Chelsea Ashe to adapt her book into a movie. The novel was presented to participating agents, producers, and studio executives at the Author Solutions Las Vegas Book-to-Screen PitchFest in February 2014. https://blog.xlibris.com/author-blogs/chelsea-ashe-1/
Xlibris authors with literary recognition, good reviews, philanthropic deeds:
Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob – multi-published sci-fi books through Xlibris. Many of his books appeared on the New York Times Best Seller List.
Sergio de la Pava, A Naked Singularity – was awarded the 2013 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize, which “honors exceptionally talented fiction writers whose debut work—a first novel or collection of short stories—represents distinguished literary achievement and suggests great promise.” A Prize winner receives a stipend worth US$ 25,000 and is exclusively open to US-resident, traditionally published authors. http://authors.xlibrispublisher.com/in-the-news/sergio-de-la-pava-wins-pen-prize
Margaret Sisu, The Nude – earned several good reviews, including one from Kirkus Reviews. https://blog.xlibris.com/author-blogs/margaret-sisu/
Sonia Pressman Fuentes, Eat First–You Don’t Know What They’ll Give You, The Adventures of an Immigrant Family and Their Feminist Daughter– received the Breaking the Glass Ceiling award from the Jewish Museum of Florida recognizing her achievements in male-dominated fields. http://authors.xlibrispublisher.com/featured-author/sonia-pressman-fuentes-2
Betty Collier, SHOWgrins – received the Reader’s Favorite Gold Medal Award in 2013. The competition is touted as the “fastest growing book review and award contest site on the Internet,” with over 300 professional reviewers. https://blog.xlibris.com/author-blogs/betty-collier/
John Kortum, The Kortum Technique – featured by renowned medical and TV personality Dr. Mehmet Oz on Dr. Oz Show. http://authors.xlibrispublisher.com/in-the-news/xlibris-author-john-kortum
Doris Washington, Faith, Hope & Love – honored at the Inspirational Leader Award 2013 recognizing her significant contributions, particularly her poems, as inspiration to her community and across the US. http://authors.xlibrispublisher.com/in-the-news/doris-washington
Sarah Kennedy, Sgarrwrath, Prequel to the Prophecy of Hope – won honorable mentions at the Halloween Book Festival, the New England Book Festival, and the London Book Festival competitions in 2013. https://blog.xlibris.com/author-blogs/sarah-kennedy/
William A. Gonzalez, Black Bubblegum – won first place in the Wild Card category of the 2013 New England Book Festival. https://blog.xlibris.com/author-blogs/william-a-gonzales/
MJ Domet, Waves Of Blue Light: Heal the Heart and Free the Soul– won gold medal at the 2013 Beverly Hills Book Awards Spiritual: Self-Help category. https://blog.xlibris.com/author-blogs/mj-domet/
Denny Bertrand, Western Poetry with a Cowboy Flair – awarded a silver medallion at the 2013 Will Rogers Medallion Award. https://blog.xlibris.com/author-blogs/denny-bertrand/
VJ Parker, Rowanlee The Twin Realms Series – finalist in the Fantasy category of the 2013 National Indie Book of Excellence Awards. https://blog.xlibris.com/author-blogs/vj-parker-part/
Roxanne Catherine Mapp, The Avocado Tree: An Immigrant’s Journey – named finalist at the 2013 Next Generation Indie Book Awards (Best Design Non-Fiction). https://blog.xlibris.com/author-blogs/roxanne-catherine-mapp/
Monica Sucha Vickers, My Extraordinary Life – being a congenital amputee hasn’t stopped her from pursuing her writing dream. She was named one of the honorable mentions in the 21st Annual Writer Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards, Life Stories category. She also won 2nd place in the Religion, Spirituality, and Philosophy category of the 2014 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards. https://blog.xlibris.com/author-blogs/monica-sucha-vickers-1/
D. Mallinson, The Sycamore Seed – won the 2013 Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal in the General Poetry category. His love of writing earned him a publication grant from Northwest Arts and more published works with the University of Salzburg Press, Envoi Poets Publications, and the National Poetry Foundation. https://blog.xlibris.com/author-blogs/j-d-mallinson/attachment/xlibris-author-j-d-mallinson/
Alan W. Kennedy and Thomas E. Kennedy, The Alpha Strategies – Father and son tandem have investigated business strategy models from legendary management consultants and compiled them in their debut book. Their collaborative effort provides sensible strategic planning that goes beyond corporate jargons and instead offers a more streamlined approach to profit and non-profit organizations. The book got a starred Kirkus review. http://authors.xlibrispublisher.com/featured-author/alan-w-kennedy-and-thomas-e-kennedy
Jack Shakely, Che Guevara’s Marijuana & Baseball Savings & Loan – won bronze in the 2014 Independent Publisher Book Awards, Mid-west-Best Regional Fiction category. He offers fellow self-pubbed authors to join book competitions and prepare to do the “heavy lifting.” His book was also recognized at the 2014 Oklahoma Book Award. https://blog.xlibris.com/author-blogs/jack-shakely/
Ann Morgan Taylor, The Charelton Locket – became a finalist in the pre-teen fiction category of the 2014 Beverly Hills Book Awards and earned the Literary Classics (CLC) Seal of Approval. CLC commends Ann for her “suspenseful and engaging novel to which teens and tweens can relate. The concept of these young girls overcoming problems despite great odds will appeal to young readers who are sure to enjoy this pre-teen mystery.” https://blog.xlibris.com/xlibris-news/ann-morgan-taylor/
Donna Corso– When the Wind Chimes Chime – won in the 2014 National Indie Excellence Book Awards and earned praise from bestselling author Neale Donald Walsch who penned the series Conversations with God. http://authors.xlibrispublisher.com/in-the-news/donna-corso
Richard Hicks, The Devil’s Breath – made the cut in the 2014 Eric Hoffer Book Award. Richard penned other novels, including Crossing Borders, Murder By The Numbers, Slender Fantasies, and The Alpha Wolf Conspiracy, all self-published through Xlibris.
Joe Famularo, Crazy for Italian Food – hailed as a “natural born and inspired cook” by the New York Times. He has written 10 books to date and received a couple of James Beard culinary writing awards, another one from the International Association of Culinary Professional, and the Maria Luigia-Duchessa de Parma in Italy. Crazy for Italian Food won the top award in the Cooking/Baking fiction category at the IndieReader Discovery Awards 2014. He has also written in magazines, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Bon Appetit, House and Garden, Gourmet, Coastal Living, Grilling, and Tastes of Italia.
Stuart Hooker, A Cowboy Spirit – won the “Best Western Poetry” book for 2014.
Jean Farish, The Long Journey Home – discovered her purpose by engaging in volunteer works and keeping a journal that became the groundwork for her debut book. https://blog.xlibris.com/author-blogs/jean-farish-1/
Joseph Cronin, Theory YOU – has endeavored to guide young professionals in climbing up the career ladder from the managerial stage to the corner office. He used Xlibris’ supported self-publishing services to launch his debut book. Joseph has turned his invaluable years of work experience into a self-published treasure trove of work guidelines that challenge aspiring managers to apply what he calls Theory YOU, that is, learning how to better manage yourself before you can manage others. https://blog.xlibris.com/author-blogs/joseph-cronin/
Sejla Grahovic, While You Played I Ran – wrote her life story narrating how at a young age she witnessed the horrors of the Bosnian war in the early 90s. The Bosnian author, along with her parents, moved to the US after the war, in hopes of living a better life. Sharing her story against the backdrop of such a difficult time is indeed no mean feat. https://blog.xlibris.com/author-blogs/sejla-grahovic-1/
Gwyneth Montenegro, 10,000 Men and Counting – Having battled with and conquered her personal demons, she mustered up her courage to bare her life as a former escort. Her story has drawn wide media attention, with hundreds of features from celebrated newspapers, including the Daily Mail and The Australian in just a span of two weeks after its release. She also appeared on TV and magazine interviews in the US, the UK, Australia, and Hong Kong among many others. Her YouTube book video has earned also over 200,000 views to date. https://blog.xlibris.com/author-blogs/gwyneth-montenegro/
Juaquin Hawkins, The Stroke of Grace – The cager penned and self-published a gripping memoir narrating his nearly fatal brain attack and revealing how the experience eventually became his saving grace.
Christopher H.K. Persaud – The Chrisitian Apologetics writer and multi-pubbed Xlibris author has five international awards to date. His Xlibris book The Da Vinci Code Revisited was awarded a silver medal in the inspirational category of the 2014 Readers’ Favorite International Book Competition. The book also earned a five-star review from Readers’ Favorite’s official book-reviewing body. The annual and worldwide book competition welcomed over 3,000 entries from various genres this year. His other Xlibris books include Contending for the Faith, Famous People Speak about Jesus, God in our Midst, and Transformed Lives. https://blog.xlibris.com/author-blogs/christopher-persaud/
Paul Carter, Tales of a Country Doctor – Kirkus praised Carter as “an impressively gifted tyro who understands fictional tricks better than many experienced practitioners of the craft. After this auspicious start, one hopes that the good doctor will keep on writing. Highly recommended. A keeper.” https://blog.xlibris.com/author-blogs/xlibris-author-paul-carter/
Monica Hatley-Carr, I Love the Color Pink! – earned a five-star review from Readers’ Favorite. https://blog.xlibris.com/author-blogs/monica-hatley/
Joseph P. Policape – The multi-published Xlibris author is quintessential of an artist moved by his passion and not by applause. His books include A Poet’s Kingdom, A Spiritual Journey, Grandma Josefina and the Heroic Boy, Interpretations of Romance, The Gift of Misfortune, and Voodoo and Christianity, which garnered him good reviews. https://blog.xlibris.com/author-blogs/joseph-policape/
Donald Wilson II, Cross Roads – Author Donald Wilson II gained several literary recognitions, namely the 2015 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award (winner, Adventure category) 2015 Indie Book Awards (finalist, First Novel category), and 2015 New Apple Summer E-Book Awards (best book, Adventure category) for his book “Cross Roads.” https://blog.xlibris.com/xlibris-news/donald-wilson-ii-wins-literary-awards/
Sylva Kelegian, THE DOLPHIN PRINCESS, GOD SPELLED BACKWARDS – She won two gold medals at Dan Poynter’s Global Ebook Awards 2015. Her book “THE DOLPHIN PRINCESS” got the top award in the Children Literature Fiction category, and “GOD SPELLED BACKWARDS: The Journey of an Actress into the World of Dog Rescue,” in Autobiography/Memoirs Non-Fiction category. https://blog.xlibris.com/tag/sylva-kelegian/
Irena and Isabella de Wardin, The Hummingbird: Book 1: Madness in Crescendo – The siblings have earned an honorable mention at the annual Stargazes Literary Prizes writing competition in the Fantasy & Science Fiction category. https://blog.xlibris.com/xlibris-news/irena-and-isabella-de-wardin/
Marguerite Bladen, Advanced Decrepitude: Intimations of Mortality – At the age of 85, Marguerite Bladen has discovered that writing knows no age barriers. She was recently named a finalist in the “Aging” category of the 2015 National Indie Excellence Book Awards (NIEA). https://blog.xlibris.com/author-blogs/octogenarian-author-marguerite-bladen/
Xlibris young authors:
Jim Compton a.k.a. Michael Morgan, Cat-Boy Series – Published at only 16, Jim Compton, also known by his pen name Michael Morgan, has already self-published four books under his children’s book collection. https://blog.xlibris.com/author-blogs/michael-morgan/
S’kay Magagane, It All Begins with You: A Breath Each Day is a Chance at Hand – Her petite frame and young age mask a spirited lass who has witnessed and coped with many of life’s storms. She has learned to go with the current and not against it – seizing the day no matter what life throws at her and inspiring others with her zest for living and writing. https://blog.xlibris.com/author-blogs/skay-magagane-part-1/
Grace Simmons, Unexpected – completed her first mystery novel when she was only 12. https://blog.xlibris.com/author-blogs/grace-simmons/
Russell Lehmann, Inside Out: Stories and Poems from an Autistic Mind – an autistic savant who has been writing since high school. https://blog.xlibris.com/author-blogs/russell-lehmann/
Isabelle Scott, Isabelle’s Muse: Poems of a Grade School Scholar – Grade school scholar and former Long Island regional Spelling Bee champion and now Xlibris author who has published her first poetry book. https://blog.xlibris.com/author-blogs/isabelle-scott-1/
Titus Andrew M. Bonifacio, Landon the Superhero of the Worlds! – This 10-year-old wonder is the youngest Xlibris author to date, but he is every bit primed for big achievements. At such a tender age, he has written and illustrated a children’s book. Moreover, Part of the proceeds of his book sales is allocated to a reading and writing literacy project for underprivileged children in the Philippines. He recently published a sequel to his book called Landon, the Superhero of the Worlds: A Race to Save the Human Race. https://blog.xlibris.com/author-blogs/titus-andrew-m-bonifacio-2/