Woohoo! Off The Beaten Page: The Best Trips for Lit Lovers, Book Clubs, and Girls on Getaways has received a 2014 Independent Publisher Book Award. Off The Beaten Page received a silver medal in the travel category, one of 78 National Category medals known as “Ippys,” chosen from about 4,000 entries.
Inspired by “field trips” with the author’s own book club, Off The 
Beaten Page offers a literary look at fifteen U.S. destinations as seen through the works of famous writers. The book takes readers on a lively tour of some of the most fascinating places in the U.S., combining a love of literature and a quest for a good time with friends. Off The Beaten Page helps readers not only extend the experience of a great book but also to gain a greater understanding of the people and culture in the places they travel.
Featured destinations include Newport Rhode Island, New York City, Boston, Charleston, Miami Beach, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Chicago, Memphis, New Orleans, Boulder Colorado, Austin Texas, Santa Fe New Mexico, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
For more about the book, see my web site.
The 2014 IPPY Awards medal ceremony will be held on May 28th in New York, on the eve of the BookExpo America convention.
Off The Beaten Page Travel 
Congrats! Are you going to New York?
Not sure about going to NYC since it’s a costly trip. On the other hand, Book Expo America starts the next day, which would be really fun.