James King, a 54-year-old freelance corporate writer, has just won the second annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, which comes with a $25,000 publishing contract with Viking. Publisher's Weekly describes King's novel, titled Bill Warrington’s Last Chance, as "the story of a Korean War veteran diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease who, trying to reconcile with his three adult children, kidnaps his 15 year-old granddaughter in an attempt to bring the family together." For his day job, King "writes training and development programs for corporations."
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award
James King, a 54-year-old freelance corporate writer, has just won the second annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, which comes with a $25,000 publishing contract with Viking. Publisher's Weekly describes King's novel, titled Bill Warrington’s Last Chance, as "the story of a Korean War veteran diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease who, trying to reconcile with his three adult children, kidnaps his 15 year-old granddaughter in an attempt to bring the family together." For his day job, King "writes training and development programs for corporations."
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