Tips & News

Nautilus Book Awards Presents . . .
Ginny Whitelaw’s Resonate: Zen and the Way of Making a Difference has won two Nautilus Book Awards for 2020. Gold award in the category of Body-Mind-Spirit Practices Silver award in the category of Wild Cultures’ Transformational Growth & Development...

Teresa Inge and the Facebook Forum
Betsy Ashton has done a terrific job of being the moderator on the Koehler Books Facebook Forum. How do you plan on taking over the moderation? I plan to run various discussions to keep the forum active and interesting. Such as naming characters, choosing locations,...

Publishers Weekly: The Challenge of Writing Humor in Dark Times
By Whitney Phillips and Ryan M. Milner From Publishers Weekly A writing duo negotiates how funny writing should be in an unfunny time The two of us blinked at each other. We had just swapped edits for chapter one of our latest coauthored...

An Interview with Pearl Gifty Alimo
Pearl "Gifty" Alimo is married to her high school sweetheart, who has served the United States Navy since 2008. Together, they have three wonderful children. Pearl and her family have lived on different bases throughout the United States and in Japan. Pearl is...

Koehler Books claims Five Finalists in IBPA’s Benjamin Franklin Awards
Finalists for IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards: Skyler Kratofil's design cover, Philurius College Blues Sharon Krasney's Iceman Awakens, Best New Voice in Fiction James Ballard's Poisoned Jungle, Best New Voice in Fiction Mary Elizabeth Ames' H’Ilgraith, Fiction: Science...

New Releases—February and March 2021
Secret Warrior is a compelling memoir following Joanne McCallie’s mental health journey through the realities and challenges within the sports world. Using the recurring theme of “faith over fear” to reduce the stigma associated with impaired mental health and...

What a Week at Koehler Books with Front Cover Awards!!
Last week our design team at Koehler Books won five awards for our book cover designs! Three Silver American Advertising Awards go to… Linda Oatman High’s As Far as Birds Can Fly, designed by Skyler Kratofil Scott Gould’s Whereabouts, designed by Kellie Emery Charles...

Congratulations to 14th Annual National Indie Excellence Award Winners and Finalists!
The 14th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards have announced their winners! We would like to congratulate Jeffrey Blount and James Hill for their big wins, as well as Perry Miller, Stefanie Naumann, Ralph Steinke, and Julie MacNeil for being named finalists! ...

Former Duke Women’s basketball head coach featured on GMA
Koehler Book's Joanne McCallie, author of Secret Warrior, was featured on Good Morning America February 17, the day after her book launched. Watch the segment on GMA. McCallie shared her experience as a coach, and how she was secretly living with...

New Releases—January 2021
The Marksman: A Knight's Tale by Dominic Pistritto Excalibur has been discovered in the hands of a deadly terrorist organization, the Souls of Death. Recovered by Lincoln Thaw and his best friend, Thomas, who almost killed the organization’s leader in the process, the...