Here is a partial list of authors represented by The Literary Lobbyist as either book publicist, publishing consultant, or former literary agent.
*All the books shown above are author debuts with the exception of The Perfect Find by Tia Williams and The Miseducation of the Student Athlete by Kenneth Shropshire and Collin D. Williams, Jr.
Awards
Here is a partial list of authors who have won awards, earned bestseller recognition, or received professional honors for their debut work.
Books
2022 Home For Hurricanes: A Memoir of Resilience in Poetry and Prose by Nikki Murphy was named an Honorable Mention in the Poetry Collections category of the 30th Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards.
2021 “Best Book” Awards by American Book Fest, Finalist Fiction: African-American Sidelined: The Contract by Bianca Williams
2021 “National Indie Excellence” Award Winner(NIEA), The Place Beyond Her Dreams by Oby Aligwekwe
2021 “Best Book” Awards by American Book Fest, Finalist Fiction: YA The Place Beyond Her Dreams by Oby Aligwekwe
2021 The Place Beyond Her Dreams NIEA Recipient
2020 The Wishing Shelf Book Awards, Finalist for Children’s Books ages 6-8 – The Noisy Classroom by Angela Shanté, illustrated by Alison Hawkins (West Margin Press)
2020 American Fiction Awards, Winner for Best Cover Design: Children’s Books – The Noisy Classroom by Angela Shanté, illustrated by Alison Hawkins (West Margin Press)
2020 American Fiction Awards, Finalist for Children’s Book Fiction – The Noisy Classroom by Angela Shanté, illustrated by Alison Hawkins (West Margin Press)
2020 Silver Medal, Nonfiction Book Book Awards, Women of Color in Tech by Susanne Tedrick (Wiley & Sons)
2019 Next Generation Indie Book Award, Runaways by Rachel Sawden
2019 National Indie Excellence Award (NIEA), Runaways by Rachel Sawden
2018 Digital Book Award Finalist for Best Social Impact Book, The Miseducation of the Student-Athlete Shropshire and Collin D. Williams, (Wharton School Press)
Winnie Sabbat author of Petit-a-Petit receives The Network Journal’s 2019 40 Under Forty Achievement Award
Finalist, 2017 NAACP Image Award, Counting Descent by Clint Smith (Write Bloody Publishing)
‘One Book One New Orleans’ 2017 Book Selection, Counting Descent by Clint Smith (Write Bloody Publishing)
2017 Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Award, Counting Descent by Clint Smith (Write Bloody Publishing)
Independent Publishers Book Award 2017 Multicultural Fiction Medalist, The Perfect Find by Tia Williams (Brown Girl Books)
10x AALBC Bestseller (African American Literary Book Club) The Perfect Find by Tia Wiilliams (Brown Girls Publishing)
Finalist, 2015 PEN Literary Award for Nonfiction-Sports, Not a Game: The Incredible
Rise and Unthinkable Fall of Allen Iverson by Kent Babb (Atria/Simon & Schuster)
2015 New York Times Bestseller- Race and Civil Rights The Beastside by D. Watkins (Hot Books/Skyhorse Publishing)
2014 White House Champion of Change, Tracey D. Syphax
2013 Honorable Mention, Eric Hoffer Award for Excellence in Independent Publishing, From the Block to the Boardroom by Tracey D. Syphax
2012 USA Best Book Awards, Fiction: African American, Love in a Carry-on Bag by Sadeqa Johnson (12th Street Press)
2012 Phyllis Wheatley Award for Fiction, Love in a Carry-on Bag by Sadeqa Johnson (12th Street Press)
2008 Publicist of the Year, African Americans on the Move Book Club (AAMBC), Dawn Michelle Hardy, Dream Relations PR & Literary Consulting
2006 Essence Bestseller, Diary of a Mistress by Miasha (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster)
2006 Finalist, African Americans on the Move Book Club (AAMBC) Breakout Author of the Year, Secret Society by Miasha (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster)
Films
2018 Trailblazer Award, African American Women in Cinema, Tressa Azarel Smallwood
2016 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize in the U.S. Dramatic Competition, The Birth of a Nation, Story by Jean McGianni Celestin and Nate Parker