Texas Author Wins Award for Novel of the World War II Homefront

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PRESS RELEASE

By Great Lakes Literary, LLC

Dated: Mar 30, 2011

A War of Her Own, a historical novel by Sylvia Dickey Smith, has been chosen for First Prize as the best novel of the year by the Press Women of Texas, a statewide organization of women journalists and writers.

Crickhollow Books is pleased to announce that A War of Her Own has been chosen for First Prize as the best novel of the year by the Press Women of Texas, a statewide organization of women journalists and writers.

The historical novel by Georgetown author Sylvia Dickey Smith is set in 1943 on the World War II homefront in Orange, Texas. The story tracks the romantic passions and pitfalls facing Bea Meade, young mother and lady riveter (ala Rosie the Riveter), as she seeks to gain independence from a no-good philandering husband by seeking work at the wartime shipyards.

“A well-written new book.” – Dallas Morning News

“Smith writes with a descriptive power that makes you feel you’re among the sights, sounds and smells of a bygone Texas.”

– Galveston Daily News

In hearing of the recognition, author Smith said, “I love sharing this story with women. While a fictional story, A War of Her Own also honors my mother’s memory. She worked in the Orange shipyards in 1943–44 and often shared stories of what those years were like for her. She was a strong woman who did whatever it took to care for her children under difficult circumstances.”

The prize will be given by the Press Women of Texas at their annual conference Awards Dinner on April 30. For details, contact: http://www.presswomenoftexas.org/

The Press Women of Texas was founded more than 100 years ago in 1893 as the Texas Press Women’s Association. One of the first statewide groups for women, the association has long encouraged Texas women writers and journalist in their literary careers.

Sylvia Dickey Smith (http://www.sylviadickeysmith.com) was born in Orange, Texas, and lived there through her high school years. She now lives near Austin, Texas. She is also the author of a popular mystery series featuring Sidra Smart, private eye, set in the borderlands where Texas and Louisiana meet.

For more information, contact Philip Martin, editorial director, Crickhollow Books, at info@CrickhollowBooks.com, or visit the publisher’s website:

http://www.CrickhollowBooks.com

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Crickhollow Books is an independent press based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, publishing award-winning

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