Novel about the Civil War in Virginia wins Best Regional Fiction award

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(Free-Press-Release.com) July 31, 2008 --
Patriot Press has announced that Shades of Gray: A Novel of the Civil War in Virginia, by Gettysburg author Jessica James, has won a gold medal for Best Regional Fiction in the Indie Book Awards contest and was a finalist in the Historical Fiction category. The book also garnered a silver medal for Best Regional Fiction in the 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards.

“I am certainly honored that Shades of Gray is receiving such wonderful praise from the Civil War community,” James said, “and the awards are a wonderful bonus.”

Because of the quality and style of writing in Shades of Gray, James has been asked to review a spec script for a two-hour pilot of a Civil War movie.

“I was delighted when they asked me to review the screenplay and help with the dialogue,” James said. “I spent a lot of time reading nineteenth century literature in order to make the dialogue in my novel sound authentic and natural.”

Lauded for its ability to evoke intense emotion, Shades of Gray presents the passionate debate of The War Between the States in an epic tale of love and adventure. Bookpleasures.com says “[emotions] seem to transcend the pages to settle in the very marrow of the reader’s bones.”

Shades of Gray can be purchased at bookstores or from Internet book retailers like Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Signed copies can be purchased from James through her Web site www.jessicajamesbooks.com.




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