2022 Medalists
Congratulations to the Florida Authors and Publishers Association 2025
President's Book Award Winners!
CHILDREN: Beginning Reader
Dinosaurs Living in My Hair!3 (An Underwater Adventure) - Jayne Rose-Vallee
CHILDREN: Beginning Reader
Martin the Mouse in a Haunted House - Richard Ballo
CHILDREN: Beginning Reader
The Little Girl Who Lost Her Sleep - Victoria Ashton
CHILDREN: Pre-Reader/Picture Book
Success - Ruthie Godfrey
CHILDREN: Pre-Reader/Picture Book
Twas the Night Before Christmas…A First for Gus - Sherry Roberts
CHILDREN: Pre-Reader/Picture Book
The Little Monster - Sheri Fink
OTHER: Education/Teaching
Pirates of the Florida Coast - Robert Jacob
OTHER: Education/Teaching
Things That Keep Me Up At Night - Marie McKenzie
OTHER: Education/Teaching
Trusting Your Child’s Teachers: At Times You May Disagree - Susan Fay Ryan
NONFICTION: Autobiography/Memoir
Relentless: Homeless Teen to Achieving the Entrepreneur Dream - Natasha Miller
NONFICTION: Autobiography/Memoir
Slue Foot: A Black girl grows up in Midwest America - Margaret Edwards
NONFICTION: Autobiography/Memoir
We The Presidents: How American Presidents Shaped the Last Century - Ronald Gruner
OTHER: Cookbook/Home& Garden
Meatballs & Lefse: Memories and Recipes from a Scandinavian-American Farming Life - Cynthia Bertelsen
OTHER: Coffee Table
Explore & Color San Francisco Chinatown - Bibi LeBlanc
OTHER: Coffee Table
Florida’s Rivers: A Celebration of Over 40 of the Sunshine State’s Dynamic Waterways - Doug Alderson
OTHER: Coffee Table
Pirates of the Florida Coast - Robert Jacob
NONFICTION: Business/Technology
Master Your Exit Plan: Sell Your Business, Preserve Your Legacy - Chris Vanderzyden
NONFICTION: Business/Technology
Practical Sustainability: Circular Commerce, Smarter Spaces, and Happier Humans - Corey Glickman and Jeff Kavanaugh
NONFICTION: Business/Technology
The #PACE Process for Early Career Success - Mark Zides
NONFICTION: Business/Technology
Women on Top: What’s Keeping You From Executive Leadership? - Deb Boelkes
OTHER: How-To/Instructional
Badass Advocate: Becoming The Champion Your Seriously Ill Loved One Deserves - Erin Galyean
OTHER: How-To/Instructional
Private Money Lending: Learn How to Consistently Generate a Passive Income Stream - Gustavo J. Gomez, Ph.D.
OTHER: Poetry
Ask The Wind - Mahnaz Badihian
OTHER: Poetry
Sojourners - Andrew Jarvis
OTHER: Poetry
The Places That Hold - John Davis Jr.
NONFICTION: Inspirational/Motivational/Self-Help
Chasing Rabbits - Rodolfo Del Toro
NONFICTION: Inspirational/Motivational/Self-Help
Faith Unshaken - Mary Ann Weakley
NONFICTION: Inspirational/Motivational/Self-Help
Relentless: Homeless Teen to Achieving the Entrepreneur Dream - Natasha Miller
NONFICTION: Religion/Spirituality
Rise and Shine: Reclaiming our Rightful Place - Ann Marie Acacio
NONFICTION: Religion/Spirituality
Salt & Light: The Complete Jesus - Jonathan Geoffrey Dean
NONFICTION: Sports/Recreation
A Short Walk on a Long Trail: A Couple’s Sauntering on the Vermont Long Trail - Jane Blanchard
NONFICTION: Fitness/Health
Grief 50 Questions and Answers - Richard Ballo
NONFICTION: Fitness/Health
Heart Disease & Hypertension: Vitamin Therapy for a Healthy Heart - Bryant Lusk
NONFICTION: Fitness/Health
Stroke and Aphasia Recovery: Metaphors Help Us Mend - Thomas G. Broussard, Jr
OTHER: Humor/Comedy
The Florida Motel - Jay Gilbert
NONFICTION: Political/Current Events
America in Crisis: Essays on the Failed Presidency of Donald J. Trump - Marsha Shearer
NONFICTION: Political/Current Events
Eternal Vigilance: Guarding Against the Predatory State - Ralph L. Bayrer
NONFICTION: Political/Current Events
The East River Ripper: The Mysterious 1891 Murder of Old Shakespeare - George Dekle
OTHER: Reference
Self-Editing for the Successful Pre-Law Student - Elizabeth Coursen
COVER DESIGN: Adult
The End of Dreams - Bruce Graham
COVER DESIGN: Adult
Pirates of the Florida Coast - Robert Jacob
COVER DESIGN: Children
Dinosaurs Living in My Hair!3 (An Underwater Adventure) - Jayne Rose-Vallee
COVER DESIGN: Children
Malcolm Gets An Invitation - Valerie Crowe
COVER DESIGN: Children
The Little Monster - Sheri Fink
CHILDREN: Illustration
Dinosaurs Living in My Hair!3 (An Underwater Adventure) - Jayne Rose-Vallee
CHILDREN: Illustration
Lulu the Beaver - Bethany Gano
CHILDREN: Illustration
Malcolm Gets An Invitation - Valerie Crowe
CHILDREN: Beginning Reader
Dinosaurs Living in My Hair!3 (An Underwater Adventure) - Jayne Rose-Vallee
CHILDREN: Beginning Reader
Martin the Mouse in a Haunted House - Richard Ballo
CHILDREN: Beginning Reader
The Little Girl Who Lost Her Sleep - Victoria Ashton
CHILDREN: Pre-Reader/Picture Book
Success - Ruthie Godfrey
CHILDREN: Pre-Reader/Picture Book
Twas the Night Before Christmas…A First for Gus - Sherry Roberts
CHILDREN: Pre-Reader/Picture Book
The Little Monster - Sheri Fink
OTHER: Education/Teaching
Pirates of the Florida Coast - Robert Jacob
OTHER: Education/Teaching
Things That Keep Me Up At Night - Marie McKenzie
OTHER: Education/Teaching
Trusting Your Child’s Teachers: At Times You May Disagree - Susan Fay Ryan
NONFICTION: Autobiography/Memoir
Relentless: Homeless Teen to Achieving the Entrepreneur Dream - Natasha Miller
NONFICTION: Autobiography/Memoir
Slue Foot: A Black girl grows up in Midwest America - Margaret Edwards
NONFICTION: Autobiography/Memoir
We The Presidents: How American Presidents Shaped the Last Century - Ronald Gruner
OTHER: Cookbook/Home& Garden
Meatballs & Lefse: Memories and Recipes from a Scandinavian-American Farming Life - Cynthia Bertelsen
OTHER: Coffee Table
Explore & Color San Francisco Chinatown - Bibi LeBlanc
OTHER: Coffee Table
Florida’s Rivers: A Celebration of Over 40 of the Sunshine State’s Dynamic Waterways - Doug Alderson
OTHER: Coffee Table
Pirates of the Florida Coast - Robert Jacob
NONFICTION: Business/Technology
Master Your Exit Plan: Sell Your Business, Preserve Your Legacy - Chris Vanderzyden
NONFICTION: Business/Technology
Practical Sustainability: Circular Commerce, Smarter Spaces, and Happier Humans - Corey Glickman and Jeff Kavanaugh
NONFICTION: Business/Technology
The #PACE Process for Early Career Success - Mark Zides
NONFICTION: Business/Technology
Women on Top: What’s Keeping You From Executive Leadership? - Deb Boelkes
OTHER: How-To/Instructional
Badass Advocate: Becoming The Champion Your Seriously Ill Loved One Deserves - Erin Galyean
OTHER: How-To/Instructional
Private Money Lending: Learn How to Consistently Generate a Passive Income Stream - Gustavo J. Gomez, Ph.D.
OTHER: Poetry
Ask The Wind - Mahnaz Badihian
OTHER: Poetry
Sojourners - Andrew Jarvis
OTHER: Poetry
The Places That Hold - John Davis Jr.
NONFICTION: Inspirational/Motivational/Self-Help
Chasing Rabbits - Rodolfo Del Toro
NONFICTION: Inspirational/Motivational/Self-Help
Faith Unshaken - Mary Ann Weakley
NONFICTION: Inspirational/Motivational/Self-Help
Relentless: Homeless Teen to Achieving the Entrepreneur Dream - Natasha Miller
NONFICTION: Religion/Spirituality
Rise and Shine: Reclaiming our Rightful Place - Ann Marie Acacio
NONFICTION: Religion/Spirituality
Salt & Light: The Complete Jesus - Jonathan Geoffrey Dean
NONFICTION: Sports/Recreation
A Short Walk on a Long Trail: A Couple’s Sauntering on the Vermont Long Trail - Jane Blanchard
NONFICTION: Fitness/Health
Grief 50 Questions and Answers - Richard Ballo
NONFICTION: Fitness/Health
Heart Disease & Hypertension: Vitamin Therapy for a Healthy Heart - Bryant Lusk
NONFICTION: Fitness/Health
Stroke and Aphasia Recovery: Metaphors Help Us Mend - Thomas G. Broussard, Jr
OTHER: Humor/Comedy
The Florida Motel - Jay Gilbert
NONFICTION: Political/Current Events
America in Crisis: Essays on the Failed Presidency of Donald J. Trump - Marsha Shearer
NONFICTION: Political/Current Events
Eternal Vigilance: Guarding Against the Predatory State - Ralph L. Bayrer
NONFICTION: Political/Current Events
The East River Ripper: The Mysterious 1891 Murder of Old Shakespeare - George Dekle
OTHER: Reference
Self-Editing for the Successful Pre-Law Student - Elizabeth Coursen
COVER DESIGN: Adult
The End of Dreams - Bruce Graham
COVER DESIGN: Adult
Pirates of the Florida Coast - Robert Jacob
NONFICTION: General
Pirates of the Florida Coast - Robert Jacob
YOUNG ADULT: Fiction
Blight’s Requiem - Kari P.H.
ADULT FICTION: Thriller/Horror
Tales from the Eerie Canal: 22 Stories of the Delightfully Dark and Creepy - Barbara Rein
ADULT FICTION: Sci-Fi
The Betrayal: Book 1 of 3 in the Blue Lotus Project - Doug Dorsey
NONFICTION: General
Florida’s Rivers: A Celebration of Over 40 of the Sunshine State’s Dynamic Waterways - Doug Alderson
CHILDREN: General
SPARKY’S RESCUE: A Place to Call Home - Deborah Burggraaf
ADULT FICTION: Anthology/Collection
When Women Danced With Trees - Maria Brown
ADULT FICTION: Fantasy
The Unintended Traveler - Richard Wayne Johnson
YOUNG ADULT: Non-Fiction
What Is Coronavirus? How It Infects, How It Spreads, and How to Stay Safe - Sabbithry Persad
ADULT FICTION: Mystery/Suspense
Mister Manners -L. C. Bruce -
ADULT FICTION: Anthology/Collection
Liberty Terrace - Madeleine D’Arcy
ADULT FICTION: Historical
Journey To Eden -John York -