The People’s Book Prize Finalists – Fiction 2009/10 

William Bedford – None of the Cadillacs was Pink Published by Solidus ISBN 978-1-904529-44-6 Category Short Stories – TPBP Winner November 2009

William Bedford left school at fifteen to work on the English east coast fish docks and fairgrounds. He trained as a journalist, and eventually left Lincolnshire, working as a Lloyds Broker before becoming an academic and writer. His own extraordinary life informs and illuminates these stories.

Susan Everett – Crazy Horse – Published by Route Publishing Limited ISBN 978-1901927061 Category Romantic thriller – TPBP Winner June 2009

Susan Everett is a novelist and screen writer. She has won the Carl Foreman Screenwriting Award, in association with BAFTA and This Morning TV/SHE Magazine short story competition award.

Jenny Holmes – The Quiet Voice Within – Published by Local Legend Publishing ISBN 9780956103208 Category Romance, thriller/crime/mystery – TPBP Winner March 2010

Jenny Holmes has resided in North Shropshire all her life, where her surroundings are steeped in history, myth and legend. Her passion for the Creative Arts has always prevailed, through teaching, interior designing and now dedicating her time to writing novels, poetry and short stories. She has seven books published.

Jayne Joso – Soothing Music for Stray Cats – Published by Alcemi ISBN 9780955527258 Category Literary/Mystery – TPBP Winner December 2009

Jayne Joso has written extensively on Architecture and is highly regarded for her writing on Japanese arts & culture. Her first children’s book was recently published in Japan, and her first play, China’s Smile, commissioned in celebration of China’s Children’s Day, enjoyed a long theatre run and was later televised.

Aoife Mannix – Heritage of Secrets – Published by Flipped eye publishing ISBN 978-1-905233-24-3 Category Romance Drama – TPBP Winner July 2009

Aoife Mannix was born in Stockholm of Irish parents, grew up in Dublin, Ottawa and New York. A former editor for the BBC’s Holby City, she has written drama documentaries for Radio 4 and her short stories appear in Tell Tales Vol. 3, Small Voices, Big Confessions and Westside Stories.

John C Mawson – Ringturn – Published by Local Legend Publishing ISBN 9781907203060 Category Science Fiction – TPBP Winner April 2010

John Mawson was born in London and attended Reigate Grammar School. After leaving school he set up his own business in engineering and materials procurement, working for many years in the field of critical application metals, including the development of super conductor alloys. Having been astounded by science fact, he now writes science fiction.

Niall O’Sullivan – Ventriloquism for Monkey – Published by Flipped eye publishing ISBN 978-1-905233-08-3 Category Poetry – TPBP Winner August 2009

Born of Irish parents, Niall O’Sullivan studied Art in Bath and is a former council gardener. He has performed poetry since 1997 alongside the likes of Hugo Williams, John Hegley, Zena Edwards and Pete Doherty. He has also been featured internationally in Berlin and at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark.

Mez Packer – Among Thieves – Published by Tindal Street Press ISBN 978-0955647628 Category Thriller/crime/mystery – TPBP Winner October 2009

Born in Essex, Mez Packer was a student at Warwick University in the 80s and traveled in Europe and Asia. She experimented in alternative lifestyles in the 90s and travelled to India, Nepal and Thailand. She lives with her partner and her two children in Leamington, Warwickshire

William Pascoe – Nemesis ex Nihilo – Published by Local Legend Publishing ISBN 9781907203039 – TPBP Winner May 2010

William Pascoe is half English, half Australian. He is an immunoparasitologist which totally fails to explain his fascination with cosmology and astrophysics. He gave up research science and professional science long ago. He now works for the Health and Safety Executive and has, arguably, one of the most interesting jobs on the planet.

Roger Robinson – Suckle – Published by Flipped eye publishing ISBN 978-1905233212 Category Poetry – TPBP Winner September 2009

Roger Robinson is a writer, skilled performer and lecturer on poetry and performance. Listed by Decibel as one of fifty writers who have influenced the black-British writing canon over the past five decades, he has toured with the British Council in Vietnam, the Philippines, Argentina, India and his workshops have been shortlisted for the Gulbenkian Prize for Museums and Galleries.

Lesley Thomson – A Kind of Vanishing – Published by Myriad Editions ISBN 978-0-9549309-4-3 Category fiction thriller/crime/mystery – TPBP Winner January 2010

Lesley Thomson’s first novel, Seven Miles from Sydney (“Compelling” Times on Sunday; “Bold and imaginative” Time Out) is a crime thriller set in Australia. She also co-wrote actress Sue Johnston’s autobiography Hold on to the Messy Times. She grew up in London and now lives in Lewes, East Sussex

Christian Tremain – Black Light – Published by Local Legend Publishing ISBN 9781907203022 Category fantasy/thriller  Winner TPBP February 2010

Tremain graduated from Canterbury Christ Church University with a BA (Hons) in Film and Television studies including Creative Writing, combined with American Studies. He has written three full length screenplays, one of which was considered for development by Channel 4 films. Currently he is completing his second novel, a psychological thriller.

The People’s Book Prize Finalists – Non Fiction 2009/2010 

Brett Alegre-Wood – The 3+ 1 Plan, The Insider’s Way to Achieve Financial Freedom with Just 4 Properties – Published by Delancey Press ISBN 978 0 9539 119 8 1 Category Personal Finance – Winner TPBP September 2009

Brett Alegre-Wood was born and educated in Australia and now lives and works in London. He is the founder and chairman of the leading free property investment & education website in the UK – www.3plus1plan.com.

Carol Belson – Open Up – Published by Local Legend Publishing ISBN 9781907203077 Category self help/how to, mind/body – TPBP Winner March 2010

Carol Belson held a senior management position in the newspaper business for 22 years but has since begun to pursue other interests which include channelling her spirit guide and teacher, Daniel, and attending a psychic development circle where she has developed her mediumistic abilities. She is also a Reiki practitioner

Sally Farmiloe-Neville – Sensual Pleasures and the Art of Morphing into a Health Goddess Published by Delancey Press ISBN 978 095391 1998 – Winner TPBP May 2010

Sally Farmiloe-Neville is an accomplished actress who recently appeared in the West End.  A model, presenter and Celebrity Fashion/ Fitness/ Beauty Editor of Hot Gossip UK. Sally is a member of MENSA and a MENSA Business Woman of the Year. A keen charity fundraiser, Sally lives in London with her husband Jeremy, daughter Jade, Katherine and assorted pets.

Gary K Glading – Stars, Staterooms and Stoways – Anecdotes from a Colourful Career in Cruising – Published by Discovery Books ISBN 978 1 902624 03 7 – Winner TPBP May 2010

A classically-trained musician and entertainer, Gary has worked alongside lengendary stars of stage and screen and interviewed many celebrities. Fluent in 8 languages, he is now a Cruise Director for P&O Cruises and runs an animal sanctuary from his home in Italy. All royalties will go to support this registered animal charity.

Brian Landers- Published by Picnic Publishing Ltd ISBN 978-0955861321 Category History – TPBP Winner July 2009

Brian Landers defies classification – author, businessman, public servant, charity worker. He has held senior positions in industry, the Prison Service and the Financial Ombudsman Service. He has an MBA from the London Business School and is currently a director of Penguin Books.

Quentin Letts – Bog Standard Britain – Published by Constable & Robinson ISBN 9781849011204 – TPBP Winner December 2009

Quentin Letts is the Daily Mail’s parliamentary sketch writer, named Political Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards 2009. A regular TV and radio broadcaster, he was New York correspondent for The Times and gossip columnist for the Daily Telegraph. He presented Radio 4’s ‘What’s The Point Of’

Jennipher Marshall-Jenkinson – Microwave Magic, The Art of 21st Century Cooking Published by MPress Books Ltd. ISBN 9780955188626 Category Cookery – TPBP Winner November 2009

Jennipher Marshall-Jenkinson is Britain’s leading authority on microwave cooking. Author of several books on the subject and Chairman of the Microwave Technologies Association, she has appeared on numerous television and radio programmes.

Linda Moss – Organic Places to Stay Published by Green Books ISBN 978 1 900322 44 7 Category Travel/Holiday – TPBP Winner June 2009

Linda Moss created www.organicholidays.co.uk ten years ago, and in 2004 her website won an Environmentally Friendly Website Award. She is married with three grown up children and two grandchildren, and has lived in Guiseley, West Yorkshire all her life.

Kevin Norley – Making Britain Literate – Published by Imprimata Publishers ISBN 978-1-906192-38-9 Category Self help – TPBP Winner February 2010

Kevin Norley has been a teacher for twenty years, having taught in further education colleges and work-based learning providers within the UK and schools within the UK and Africa (Botswana and Kenya).

Various Ipswich Town supporters –  Ipswick ‘Til I Die Published by Legends Publishing ISBN 979-1-906796-04-4 -Category Sports/Leisure/Hobbies – TPBP Winner October 2009

Ipswich ‘Til I Die tells many stories – supplied by the full spectrum of Town supporters. Real football stories told by real football fans.

Jane Wenham-Jones – Wannabe a Writer? – Published by Accent Press Ltd ISBN 9781905170814 Category Self help – TPBP Winner August 2009

Jane Wenham-Jones is a well-known author and journalist. She writes for women’s magazines and the national press and has a humorous weekly column in her local newspaper. She is the author of three novels which have received wide acclaim. She lives with her husband and son in Broadstairs, Kent.

Nicola Wood – True Love Cruel Fate – Published by Seven Arches Publishing ISBN 97809556176 Category Memoirs – TPBP Winner January 2010

Nicola Wood worked in marketing where she met Alan Wood, a successful business man 20 years her senior. It was a true love story until the ‘enemy’  motor neurone disease tore them apart.  She wrote the book to record the dignity with which he faced the enemy, and to lend weight to the arguments for assisted dying

The People’s Book Prize Finalists –  Children 2009/2010 :: Non Fiction :: Fiction

Alan Brown – Love-a-Duck Published by Gullane Children’s Books ISBN 9781862337718 – Winner TPBP May 2010
Alan Brown lives in the Peak District with fellow author Berlie Doherty. They share a double family with growing grandchildren. Alan still loves silly TV and films. His more serious hobbies are walking, playing tennis and the flute – well, maybe not very serious!
Oliver Eade – Moon Rabbit – Published by Delancey Press ISBN 978-1-907205-12-5 Category Children’s, 7-12 yrs 19 colour illustrations – TPBP Winner November 2009
Oliver Eade is a writer of short stories, novels and drama. He lives in Scotland and regularly visits his wife’s relatives in China.  Moon Rabbit is his debut children’s novel.
Steve Eggleton – Brother Egbert & the Carpenter of Willingford – Published by The Erskine Press ISBN 978 1 85297 099 4 Category  children 6 – 12 yrs  with 70 illustrations – TPBP Winner June 2009
Steve Eggleton is best known for his relief sculptures strongly influenced by his love of medieval carving.  His sculptures and carved signs can be seen across the East Anglian region
Philip J King – Bluey Meets Father Christmas – Published by The Jolly Publishing Company Ltd (TJPC) ISBN 0954910613 Category Children’s, 4 – 8 yrs with 22 colour illustrations TPBP Winner December 2009
Philip King just ended a period of 26 years as an estate agent to have more time to write. He is halfway through a murder mystery called Rainbow Valley – a proposed television series about estate agents. From 1972 to 1982 King was a DJ.  He grew up in the family bakers and started working at the age of ten.  King is married with two grown up children and lives in Farnham, Surrey.
Susan Morris – Fritha’s Summer – Published by MPress Books Ltd. ISBN 978-0-9551886-6-4 Category 9-12 yrs – TPBP Winner July 2009
Susan Morris read English at Oxford University. In her career as a teacher she has taught English and Creative Writing in schools and Colleges of Further Education. She has had short stories and articles published in national magazines. She has two daughters and lives in Cornwall beside the sea.
SALLY MULHOLLAND AND LAMORNA BONNER-OAKEY – When Dinosaurs Came to Town – Published by Arthur H Stockwell Ltd ISBN 9780722339480  TPBP Winner  May 2010
Sally Mulholland recently obtained a degree in Educational Studies, and is a mum of two. Lamorna is a self-taught artist whose work has been short-listed at the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 2008 in London and is a mum of three and grandmother.
M B O’Reilly – Tales from Olympus – Published by Imprimata Publishers ISBN 9781906192129 Category 9 yrs+ – TPBP Winner September 2009
M B O’Reilly is a classics scholar turned full time mother.  She lives in Glasgow.
Adam Perrott – Eerie Deirdre Darkly – Published by Clementine Publishing ISBN 978-0955903915 Category Children’s humour / 7-11 yrs / 4 illustrations – Winner TPBP February 2010
Adam started his career around books as a bookseller for Hammicks, Ottakers and then Waterstones. The birth of his first child saw him leaving work to concentrate on caring for his son and writing full time. Eerie Deirdre Darkly is his first book and is the first in a series.
Alan Porter – The Black Pear – Published by Eyelevel Books ISBN 9781902528816 (Paperback); 97819 Category 11-14 yrs – TPBP Winner August 2009
Alan Porter is a reclusive forty year old writer living in rural Worcestershire. Having worked as a professional musician for ten years, he turned his back on public life and now writes children’s fiction full time. His first novel, ‘Midwinter Lucie’, was published in June 2008.
Bill Russell – Chip Donovan and the Dragonfly – Published by Delancey Press ISBN 978 0953 9119 2 6 Category 6 – 10 yrs 24 colour illustrations – TPBP Winner October 2009
Bill Russell writes music and lyrics.  This is his first children’s book.  Russell has written a song to go with this enchanting story.  For a free download visit: www.delanceypress.com
Preston Rutt – Tortoise vs Hare – Published by Meadowside Children’s Books Category Picture Book 4-6 years old – TPBP Winner March 2010
Ever since he first held a crayon, Preston Rutt has loved writing. He started by writing all over the wallpaper and took things from there. 30 years, three schools, one university and six advertising agencies, later, Preston loves writing more than ever; living in Kew with his writer wife, and son Archie.
David Walliams – Mr. Stink – Published by Harper Collins Children’s Books ISBN 978-0-00-727905-0 Category 9+ yrs, 30 b&w illustrations – TPBP Winner January 2010
David Walliams is an actor and writer best known for his work with Matt Lucas in the multi-award winning sketch show Little Britain. His first novel was The Boy in the Dress, which had great success. This is his second and most recent novel.