Tilchen Winner in New Mexico Book Awards

November 2009

Savvy is proud to announce that Maida Tilchen's historical novel "Land Beyond Maps" won the 2009 New Mexico Book Awards: in the  "Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender category. The winner was announced on November 20, 2009.

"Land Beyond Maps" was also a Finalist in the the "Novel - Historical Fiction" category.

Tilchen says the following about her feat: "Being a Winner will help more bookstores, libraries, reviewers, and especially readers to find out about "Land Beyond Maps" and the wonderful real women such as Laura Gilpin, Betsy Forster and Erna Fergusson whose lives I portray in it."

More: Listen to an interview with Savvy Press's most recent discovery, Maida Tilchen, author of Land Beyond Maps, winner of the Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation Full-Length Lesbian/Gay Historical Fiction Competition and the 2009 New Mexico Book Award for GLBT.