Lucid House Publishing, based in Marietta, Georgia, was recently notified that six of its authors’ books were named either a winner or finalist out of thousands of entrants in the 2022 Book Excellence Awards, an international competition for independent publishers and authors. In addition, Echo Montgomery Garrett, CEO and co-founder of Lucid House Publishing, won for Best Autobiography for a book she’d written under the banner of another publisher. Here are the winners and finalists that reflect the diverse interests of Garrett, a 40+ year journalist and the author of 22 non-fiction books.
Spellbound Under the Spanish Moss: A Southern Tale of Magic
Authors: Connor Judson Garrett and Kevin N. Garrett
Category: Book Cover Design
Money Plain & Simple: What the Institutions and the Elite Don’t Want You to Know
Author: Stephen J. Spence
Category: Finances
Paradise Road: A Memoir
Author: Marilyn Kriete
Category: Adventure Non-Fiction
A Season in Lights: A Novel in Three Acts
Author: Gregory Erich Phillips
Category: Performing Arts (Film, Theatre, Dance, Music)
Fractals: The Invisible World of Fractals Made Visible through Theater and Dance
Author: Kimberley Cetron
Category: Performing Arts (Film, Theatre, Dance, Music)
Knock! Knock!: Lessons Learned and Stories Shared
Authors: Douglas Thompson and Echo Montgomery Garrett
Category: Business
Here is Echo Montgomery Garrett’s other winner, under her co-author’s publishing company:
Big Lucky: Serial Entrepreneur Jim Markham’s Secret Formula for Success
Authors: Jim Markham and Echo Montgomery Garrett
Category: Autobiography
To request review copies of Lucid House Publishing books or an interview with any of the winners or finalists, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com / 403.464.6925.
We look forward to the coverage!