Amy Snyder’s Hell on Two Wheels Earns Honorable Mention at 2011 Hollywood Book Festival

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San Diego, California, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) July 9, 2011 --

Three-time Ironman finisher Amy Snyder received an Honorable Mention award for her nonfiction narrative, Hell on Two Wheels: An Astonishing Story of Suffering, Triumph, and the Most Extreme Endurance Race in the World (ISBN 978-1600785252) in the 2011 Hollywood Book Festival Awards Competition. The authors and other winners in the competition will be honored July 22 at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. The Hollywood Book Festival is produced by media company JM Northern Media LLC, which co-sponsors educational and literary events, including The DIY Convention: Do It Yourself in Film, Music & Books; The New York Book Festival; and The Hollywood Book Festival.

In Hell on Two Wheels, Snyder follows a group of athletes before, during, and after the 2009 Race Across America (RAAM) the closest and most controversial race in the event’s 30-year history. Hell on Two Wheels offers a thrilling and remarkably detailed account of the competitors’ triumphs and tragedies as they test themselves, each other, and the limits of human endurance. As RAAM exacts its vicious toll, Snyder shows how the 2009 racers discover their essential humanity and experience profound joy and completeness, demonstrating how such a grueling effort can also be cleansing and self-revelatory.

Hell on Two Wheels became the #1 best-selling title in Amazon's cycling category within 24 hours of launch.

“As an Ironman finisher and avid cyclist, I was able to embed myself in the obscure world of ultra-distance cycling,” Snyder said. “Getting to know these athletes before, during, and after the 2009 race helped me see that RAAM is more than a race – it’s a monster and a crucible. As a result, Hell on Two Wheels became more than a story about a bike race. It’s an allegory about overcoming personal limitations and self-discovery that offers lessons for all of us, cyclists and non-cyclists alike.”

Amy Snyder grew up in New York City and attended Princeton University and Stanford Business School. After a career in management consulting, she retired and settled in La Jolla, California. She began competing in Ironman triathlons and eventually discovered events even longer than the Ironman. Knowing she didn’t have it in her to conquer these ultra-distance races, she decided to find out why and how others can by following the RAAM in June, 2009. She spent time with a handful of contestants before and after the race, ending up with a story that changed her own thoughts and feelings about personal limitations and the power of the human spirit.

For more information on the author or Hell on Two Wheels, visit: www.hellontwowheelsbook.com.

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