Nobody Hitchhikes Anymore Receives 2021 IPPY Silver Award!
Congratulations to author Ed Griffin-Nolan, whose book Nobody Hitchhikes Anymore, was awarded a Silver Medal in the Travel-Essay category of the 2021 Independent Publisher Book Awards!
Syracuse Author Wins Independent Book Award
Pompey resident receives a silver medal for Nobody Hitchhikes Anymore
Montpelier, Vt. – In a virtual ceremony on June 3rd, author Ed Griffin-Nolan of Pompey, New York, received a silver medal “IPPY” award for his book Nobody Hitchhikes Anymore, in the Travel-Essay category of the 25th Annual Independent Publisher Book Awards.
According to the Jenkins Group and IndependentPublisher.com, this year’s contest drew over 4,500 entries, with 430 gold, silver and bronze medals given to independent authors and publishers from 46 U.S. states and seven Canadian provinces, with winners also coming from U.K. and Australia, plus New Zealand, Ireland, France, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Jamaica, and Malawi.
“Enchantment is what we hope for, every time we crack the cover of a new book," says Jim Barnes, director of the IPPY Awards. “Each new book you open offers the promise of magic, and maybe even a life-changing moment.,” he said.
“The best part about winning the IPPY has been having the chance to engage with so many readers telling me their stories of the road and how the story of Nobody Hitchhikes Anymore touched them,” said author Griffin-Nolan.
In Nobody Hitchhikes Anymore “a former journalist sets out to re-experience the hitchhiking adventures of his past in this absorbing travel memoir,” wrote Kirkus in a starred review. They called it: “sharply observant, contemplative writing that captures the buzz of hitchhiking.”
Published by Rootstock Publishing of Montpelier, Vermont in September 2020, the book is available for purchase at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop, IndieBound, and other book retailers.
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About Rootstock Publishing
Rootstock Publishing is a hybrid publisher and an imprint of Multicultural Media, Inc., publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and picture book manuscripts by authors from all over the globe. Their books have won book awards such as the IPPY, Foreword INDIES, IBPA Ben Franklin Award, IndieReaders Discovery Award, and Independent Book Publishers of New England awards, among others. Learn more at rootstockpublishing.com.
About the IPPY Award:
The Independent Publisher Book Awards were conceived in 1996 as a broad-based, unaffiliated awards program open to all members of the independent publishing industry. The awards are intended to bring increased recognition to the thousands of exemplary independent, university, and self-published titles produced each year, and reward those who exhibit the courage, innovation, and creativity to bring about change in the world of publishing. Learn more at independentpublisher.com.
Ed holding his hashtag sign, his book, and his silver medal.
