2020 Winners & Finalists
WINNERS & FINALISTS (1 is winner, 2 is finalist for each category)
PACIFIC BOOK AWARDS 2020
Best Book Cover Design Fiction
1. Memories of a Jewish Girl from Brooklyn – By: Helene Oelerich
Best Book Cover Design Non Fiction
1. RUNNIN’ WITH FROG’S: A NAVY MEMOIR – By: George Worthington
Best Arts & Entertainment
1.The Music Therapy Profession: Inspiring Health, Wellness, and Joy – By: Christine Korb
Best Adventure
1. Nobody Knows: What We Sweep Under the Carpet– By: Timothy Bartlett
2.The Healing Bowl – By: Anita Fisk
Best Biography –
1. Soldier of the Leaf – By: Marvin E. Brown
2. If I Die Before I Wake: A Caregiver’s Journey – By: Eli Shaw
Best Business
1. The Customer Is an A**Hole: Spilling the Tea on the Reality of Customer Behavior – By: E.V. Rose
2. Zen and the Art of Funk Capitalism: A General Theory of Fallibility – By: Karun Philip
Best Children’s Book
1. The Adventures of Sally the Elephant who likes being upside down – By: Michael P. Watts
2. Kurt Gert Jazmine and Bagel: A Search for the Gold Bone– By: Irene Dolnick
Best Children’s Picture Book 5 and Younger
1.The Adventures of Mr. Fuzzy Ears: The Mystery of the Missing Bunnies – By: Donna Carr-Roberts
2.Ruby’s Christmas Gifts – By: Nancy Oswald
Best Children’s Picture book 6 and older
1.Where is my home? – By: Joan Romney Groves
2. Chubby Wubbles – A Ferret’s Tale – M. J. Abrams
Best Comedy & Humor
1.The Antidote: To The T-Rump Show – By: Dr. Blackman
2.Between Tomorrow And Yesterday: Tripping Into Nowhere Behind Nothing – By: Ev’one-yaY Eulasson
Best Cookbooks
1. The Maestros Favourites: A Symphony of Taste – By: Marlin Wolfe
2.Nonna’s Recipes: Recipes From the Italian Grandma in Each of US – By: Nonna Fiore
Coming of Age
1.Dangerous Journey: Book One – Clark Selby
2. What Love has done – By: Elizabeth Cain
Best Current Events & Politics
1.Them Ugly Beardens – By: Pege Handley
2.The Misunderstood Ally – By: Faraz Inam
Best Education
1. Black People Invested Everything – By: Dr. Sujan K. Dass
2.Next Level Teaching – By: Jonathan Alsheimer
Best Fantasy
1.Quantum Leap – By: Rainie York
2.Vault of Power: The Unknown Region – By: Philip Whitby
Best Fiction
1. How the Deer Moon Hungers– By: Susan Wingate.
2. Why – By: Marvin Blake
Best Health
1. Trimming Your Waistline: Ten Steps to Better Health and Fitness – By: R. Matheny, PhD.
2.Ageless Mirror Athlete™: Overweight and Unfit No More – By: Marc T. Woodard
Best History
1. A True Story of Survival and Forgiveness from Hiroshima – By: Dr. Mikamo
2. Decision Affirmed – By: Clarence Vold
Best Historical-Fiction
1. The Andean Cross A Novel – By: Lawrence Clayton
2. In the Beginning: The Early Days of Religious Beliefs – By: Jaime Reyes
Best Inspirational
1. Just a Thought: Volume 2 – By: Richard Byrd
2.THE PRESIDENT’S Affair – John Gray
Best Memoir
1. Healing by His Spirit – By: Geraldine Bryant
2. Conflagration ( Why Am I still Alive ? ) – By: Teri-Anne
Best Mystery
1. Crime Denied, A Buck Taylor Novel – Chuck Morgan
2. Murder with Deceit – By: Winnfred Smith
Best Non-Fiction
1. Aviation & Air Traffic Control – By: Cecil Miller
2.El Armonico: Mi Historia De Una Forma Viviente – By: Alexandra Porter
Best Paranormal
1Warrior’s Embrace – By: Anita Crowley
2. Haunted Healthcare – By: Richard Estep
Best Parenting & Family
1. THE SEARCH FOR A PERFECT MARRIAGE: A Seminar Handbook for Everybody in the Journey of Marriage and Intimate Relationship – By: Dominic Charles Okero
2. There’s Something Your Son Needs to Tell You – By: Vernon Ennels, Jr.
Best Pets
1. Wildlife of the World– By: DK
2. Caring For Your Pets – By: Ann Owen
Best Philosophy
1. Can I Tell you Something – By: Karl Kristian Flores
2. A Year of Positive Thinking – By: Cyndie Spiegel
Best Psychology
1. The Creative Advantages of Schizophrenia: The Muse and the Mad Hatter – By: Paul Kiritsis
2. Adrift: Completely At Sea With Paranoid Schizophrenia – By: Nicki Adams
Best Poetry
1. Kingdom Verses – By: Rhoda Benjamin
2. I’ll be Alright: Songs of my Life – By: Dave Lamb
Best Reference
1.The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy, Revised and Expanded – By: Valerie Ann Worwood
2.Incurable?: The Answer to Overcoming Any Illness – By: Don F. Pickett
Best Relationships
1. Preparing for Marriage – By: Kunle & Wumi Ajayi
2.Mindful Relationships Habits – By: S. J. Scott
Best Religious
1.The Paradise Man according to Thomas Merton – By: Linhxuan Vu.
2.A Law from Eden – Marilyn Taplin
Best Spirituality
1. Inspirations: My Vivid Imagination Has Been Transformed into Reality – By: Francois
2. Emotions Redeemed – By: Covette Hamilton
Best Romance
1. Moon’s Black Gold – By: JR.H. Peake
2. Helping Hands – By: Ken Saik
Best Science Fiction
1. Lights Above Cass– By: Marilyn Brokaw Hall
2.Icebox – Mary A. Lonergan
Best Self-Help
1.The Pursuit of the Personal Renaissance Experience: Finding Opportunities for Happiness in the Ever-Present Now – By: Peter Justus
2.How to Live with OCD Naturally – By: Maria Flaherty
Best Short Stories
1.Shearing at Taumata Hills: and other stories – By: Wilse Taylor
2.Enter At Your Risk! – By: Timothy Bartlett
Best Sports
1. Be the Pine, Be the Ball: Haiku Reflections on the World of Golf – By: Paul J. Zingg
2. The Chicago Cubs – By: Rich Cohen
Best Suspense
1.The Red Carpet At Cannes – by: Duane Byrge
2. Ghost Ups her Game– By: Carolyn Hart
Best Thriller
1.Sam and James A Test of Will – By: AA Freda
2.The Salvation Project – By: Joe Rothstein
Best Travel
1. The Bucket List – By: Kath Stathers
2. Destination Earth – By: Nicos Hadjicostis
Best Young Adult
1. Merged – By: Jim and Stephanie Kroepfl
2. One Grey Night It Happened – By: Michael Fields
Best Westerns
1. The Three People – By: Tom King
2.Goals are the Field – By: Clint Clay