Released on = March 22, 2007, 12:26 am

Press Release Author = Xlibris Corporation

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = Jameela Alter is honored to be named a finalist in the 8th
Annual Book of the Year Awards.

Press Release Body = Traverse City, MI - Xlibris author Jameela Alter, author of On
Clipped Wings, was chosen as one of the finalists in ForeWord Magazine's 8th Annual
Book of the Year Awards.

ForeWord Magazine created the Book of the Year Awards to bring increased attention
from librarians and booksellers to the literary success of independent publishers
and their authors. This program was designed to discover distinctive books from
different genres with judgment based on their own authority and on customer
interests. A panel of librarians and booksellers will determine the winners from
698 finalists.

Born in Calcutta, India, Alter now teaches in a Montessori school in Bowie,
Maryland, where she lives with her husband and two daughters.

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access to quality publication in hardcover, trade paperback, custom leather-bound,
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