Conversations on the Bench by Award-Winning Author Digger Cartwright Recognized as Finalist in National Indie Excellence Awards

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Thinking Outside the Boxe and the office of award-winning mystery author Digger Cartwright are pleased to announce that Conversations on the Bench was a finalist in the 10th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards.  Conversations on the Bench has previously won two USA Regional Excellence Book Awards (2015 and 2016), a silver medal from Readers’ Favorite International Book Awards (2015), and was also a finalist in the Beverly Hills Book Awards in 2015 and 2016.

 

Mr. Cartwright attended his first Thinking Outside the Boxe symposium in 2007 and has been an active contributor to the think tank since then.  He wrote Conversations on the Bench as a tribute to Sebastian G. Peréy, an instrumental contributor to Thinking Outside the Boxe.  Conversations on the Bench chronicles Sebastian’s wit, wisdom and life lessons as shared through a series of conversations over the years.

 

An excerpt from Conversations on the Bench can be viewed on Amazon.com by clicking here.

The National Indie Excellence® Awards (NIEA) was founded in 2007 by Ellen Reid to be a champion of self-publishers and small & independent presses who produce books of excellence in every aspect.  According to NIEA, books that are recognized as Finalists are in every way outstanding.  The difference between the Winner and Finalist books are often so minute that the call might have gone either way.

For additional information on the National Indie Excellence Awards, please visit www.indieexcellence.com.

 

Additional information on Mr. Cartwright and his award-winning novels is available at www.DiggerCartwright.com or www.MysteryDigger.com.

 

About Mr. Cartwright—Digger Cartwright is the award-winning author of several mystery stories, teleplays, and novels including The Versailles Conspiracy, a modern day political thriller, Murder at the Ocean Forest, a traditional mystery novel set in the 1940s, The House of Dark Shadows, a psychological thriller, and The Maynwarings: A Game of Chance, a mystery set in the Old West.  Conversations on the Bench is an inspirational/motivational novel.  His books are available in hardback, paperback, and e-book format through his website, on-line booksellers and bookstores.

 

Mr. Cartwright is an enthusiastic supporter of local no-kill animal shelters.  He enjoys golf, participating in charity golf tournaments, and attending WWE events.  He divides his time between Washington, D.C., South Carolina, and Florida.

 

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Conversations on the Bench by Award-Winning Mystery Author Digger Cartwright Wins USA Regional Excellence Book Award

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