
Sharman Apt Russell’s Knocking on Heaven’s Door and JJ Amaworo Wilson’s Damnificados won New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards in, respectively, the Science Fiction and the Fiction categories. Two other Silver City authors were also finalists – Ron Hamm, for Ross Calvin, Interpreter of the American Southwest, and Catalina Claussen, for Diamonds at Dusk – so it was a great year for our literary community. The full list of winners can be found here: http://nmbookcoop.com/BookAwards/2016-Winners/2016-Winners.html. This article about the awards and winners may also be of interest: http://www.scdailypress.com/site/2016/12/16/authors-recognized-for-visionary-novels.