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Best USA Book Awards 2011

By Jennie | Published November 1, 2011
BREAKING NEWS….. As the Sycamore Grows named in USA Best Books 2011 Awards. Award-winning finalist in USA Best Books 2011 competition among books published in 2010 and 2011 from major and independent publishers in the U.S.  Sycamore named finalist in the Women’s Issues category. This award brings Sycamore’s tally to SIX literary awards. Previous awards were top honors in Narrative Nonfiction, Memoir and the Southeast Region from Reader Views Literary Awards and International Book Award finalists in two categories.
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Where’s Ginger???

By Jennie | Published October 2, 2011
Do you know about Where’s George? the dollar bill that travels the U.S., maybe the world? I found it on the sidewalk in Wickenburg, Arizona, two years ago, a dollar bill folded into a tight wad. When I straightened it out, I found a message sending me to an online address. The site tracks each sighting of the dollar and asks each finder to drop it off somewhere else so it will continue it’s journey. So—I’ve launched two copies of As the Sycamore Grows, one called Ginger and the other Jennie, as travel books. They each left Atlanta over the… [More]
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Squint — in the center, Publishers Weekly of course

By Jennie | Published April 11, 2011
Squint --- in the center, Publishers Weekly of course
Here it is at last! The cover of Publishers Weekly. Squint. Look hard. There, front and center, is As the Sycamore Grows. You can borrow my magnifying glass, if need be. So how did Sycamore wind up on the cover of PW? Luck of the draw. And that’s all. PW made no selection; Sycamore wasn’t chosen as some honor. Nevertheless, I like the way it looks. I like Sycamore as a cover story. Here’s how it came about: Recognizing the trend toward self-publishing, Publishers Weekly now adds a supplement on self-publishing at least once a year. IBPA, the trade association… [More]
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By Jennie | Published March 2, 2011
BIG NEWS! LITERARY AWARDS ANNOUNCED! AS THE SYCAMORE GROWS Receives Multi-Awards At The Prestigious Reader Views Literary Awards Atlanta, GA – -  Author Jennie Helderman’s book AS THE SYCAMORE GROWS has swept the prestigious Reader Views Literary Awards, including top honors in its Humanities, Memoir & Biography categories and  first place honors in  the RVLA’s  southeast Regional Awards category, covering such states as KY, NC, SC, GA, FL, and AL. “I am thrilled beyond words to get such recognition for my book,” remarked author Ms. Helderman.  The book also received the top award from book marketing firm Pump Up Your… [More]
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Anniversary: Sycamore launched! Sept. 29, 2010

By Jennie | Published October 4, 2010
Anniversary: Sycamore launched! Sept. 29, 2010
As the Sycamore Grows officially launched Sept. 29, 2010 at Eagle Eye Book Store in Decatur, GA. A most significant event, an even more significant date. Sept. 29 marked five years since I first met Ginger in a sandwich shop to write a magazine article. My 1500 word article with the two-week deadline turned into 90,000 words and five years. Sept. 29, 2010, marked ten years to the day of Ginger’s escape from the cabin in the woods.
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Praise for As The Sycamore Grows

“Jennie Helderman has taken a heart-breaking issue and boiled it down to human beings, of flesh and blood and lost days and fearful nights. It opens the door on a too-common human story, and closes you in with it.”

Rick Bragg, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Most They Ever Had, All Over But the Shouting, Ava’s Man, and The Prince of Frogtown.

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