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“ Let’s take a moment and thank the talented authors who provide us with worlds to disappear into, problems we can solve between pages, wonderful characters we adore and villains we love to despise.”

— Jamie Davis

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Vince Beiser, 2023 Book Award Winner

Vince Beiser is an award-winning journalist and author of “The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization.” The book has been translated into five languages, was a finalist for a PEN America award and a California Book Award, and spawned a TED talk.

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Gordon Laird, 2006 Book Award Winner

The 2006 winner of the Dave Greber Freelance Writers Award was Gordon Laird, a Calgary freelance writer. Mr. Laird's successful submission, The Price of a Bargain, is a chapter from his new book, The Quest for Cheap and The Death of Globalization (updated title) published by McClelland and Stewart Ltd..

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