Joan Frank Named Finalist for ForeWord Book of the Year Award
Joan Frank (fiction, ’96) is a finalist for ForeWord Reviews’ 2012 Book of the Year Award in Adult Nonfiction, for her book Because You Have To: A Writing Life (2012, University of Notre Dame).
ForeWord’s Book of the Year Awards program was created to highlight the year’s most distinguished books from independent publishers. The awards announcement provides an additional publicity opportunity for publishers long after a book’s initial publication date. After months of perusing the list of submissions, librarians and booksellers eagerly anticipate this announcement of finalists—a valuable resource for discovering obscure titles from the world of indie publishing.