About Aberdeen Bay
Aberdeen Bay is an independent publisher that strives to publish the best books.
Quality is our top concern. If your manuscript is truly outstanding, then we
will consider publishing your work whether or not you have published before. Our
publishing focus is on mainstream fiction, memoirs and motivational books.
We realize that writing a book is an important undertaking and we treasure your
work. Your book is your passion and we will provide suggestions and support
along the way to assist you in marketing your work, but, in the final analysis,
it will be the power of your personality and the strength of your story that
will gain readers for your book.
National Awards
Aberdeen Bay is the winner of several national awards. Just in 2009 alone, we have won Gold IPPY Award and Published Fiction Award from PSWA. The IPPY Awards have recognized the best indie-published books of the year since 1996.
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The Dead Guy has received Gold IPPY Award in 2009
One of my favorite mysteries of all time. Well written and tautly paced, The Dead Guy is impossible to put down. As his lifeblood ticks away, Jack Thigpen tries to track down his best friend's killer. The Dead Guy is funny, wise, and suspenseful.
--Karin Gillespie
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Carny: A Novel in Stories has received the Next Generation Indie Book Awards in 2011
[Grand Prize Winner for Fiction and Best Novel under 80,000 words]
The Next Generation Indie Book Awards ("Indie Book Awards") is the most exciting and rewarding book awards program open to independent publishers and authors worldwide. The Indie Book Awards program was established by the Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group to recognize and honor the best independently published books of the year in 60 categories.
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Red Flag Warning is the winner of the 2011 Five Star Dragonfly Book Awards
[First place in Mystery]
Within the tough and technical environment of wildland fire fighting, Kurt Kamm embeds a dramatically suspenseful story. The reader can't wait to turn each page, hoping for clues to the identity of a California fire bug. The tale is an excellent one to follow, as Kamm emerses you in two worlds: the sick mind of a murderous arsonist, and the determined and very human professionals dedicated to stopping the arsonist and fighting the fires set. Throughout the book he accurately portrays the science of wildland fires, fire weather, and fire fighting. The reader will learn as well as be entertained.
--C. J. Cuoco
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Uncle Si's Secret has received a 2009 Published Fiction Award from PSWA
This is a very good read. The plot moves at a good pace and keeps you on your toes trying to fathom the ending. It is hard to believe that this is a first novel. I am anxiously awaiting the next book by this author as I am sure a talent of the caliber will have a lengthy history of novels. Thanks for an engrossing read.
--Deann West
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Red Flag Warning has won first prize in the 2010 Infinite Writer fiction contest
Kurt Kamm has gotten into the wildland fire scene in such depth that you feel he must be a fireman who has fought hundreds of these awful battles. In addition, he creates highly memorable characters. The only problem is that the book
ends. You don't want it to end without knowing more about what happens to all of the people you have gotten to know so well. Red Flag Warning is a totally absorbing read. This is fiction with stark frightening reality. You will chew through it like a great
piece of home made pie.
--John S. Haskell
Red Flag Warning has also received honorable mention in the Public Safety Writers Association 2010 Writing Competition.
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Red Flag Warning is the winner of the 2010 Written Art Awards
[Fiction: mystery/thriller category]
Within the tough and technical environment of wildland fire fighting, Kurt Kamm embeds a dramatically suspenseful story. The reader can't wait to turn each page, hoping for clues to the identity of a California fire bug. The tale is an excellent one to follow, as Kamm emerses you in two worlds: the sick mind of a murderous arsonist, and the determined and very human professionals dedicated to stopping the arsonist and fighting the fires set. Throughout the book he accurately portrays the science of wildland fires, fire weather, and fire fighting. The reader will learn as well as be entertained.
--C. J. Cuoco
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