NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS

Author, agency owner, professional trainer/professor, musician, and creative mind, Aaron Templer bridges marketing, leadership, and creativity creases with 20+ years of perspective and bias-breaking.

Andy Becker is an award winning author whose elegant gift books inspire gardening and environmentalism.

Bill Blokker, Ed.D. is a passionate and informative speaker. He has an unwavering belief that the impossible is possible! He will share insights about how people overcame crushing circumstances to achieve extraordinary results.

Professional celebrity impersonators portray Jack Nicholson and Dolly Parton

I share 4-legged wisdom with my 2-legged audience. How to lead, love and achieve, "animal style!"

Cindie is an award-winning author and retired fire service captain.

Retired L.A. Sheriff's homicide detective, author of detective novels and true crime.

Widow, Wife, Mother of Two, Memoirist, Poet, Fiction Writer, and Professor

As a business advisor and trainer I serve business owners and professionals who wish to improve their outcomes and realize greater happiness. I am also an award-winning speaker and author, and podcast host.

Donna Huston Murray’s cozy mystery series features an amateur sleuth much like herself, a DIY headmaster's wife with a troubling interest in crime. The latest Gin Barnes’ FOR BETTER OR WORSE was a Finalist for the National Indie Excellence Award for mysteries, and the first two novels in the Lauren Beck mystery/crime series won Honorable Mention in genre fiction from Writer’s Digest.

In 2022, Donna became the tenth inductee into her high school’s Lifetime Achievement Award Hall of Fame. To hint that she’s still writing, the plaque reads, “…and more,” below her listed books.

When she isn’t plotting mayhem, Donna assumes she can fix anything until proven wrong, calls trash-picking recycling, and, although she should probably know better by now, adores Irish setters.

Donna and husband, Hench, live in the greater Philadelphia, PA, USA, area.

From Corporate Success to Civic Leadership: Dr. Ed Eng, Former Fortune 500 Executive Turned Mayor, Inspires in His Debut Book “The Accidental Mayor.”

After decades as a journalist covering healthcare and business ethics, Fran Hawthorne returned to her childhood passion: fiction. Her second novel, I Meant to Tell You, has won or is a finalist for seven awards.

I am an author of children's stories, poetry, and resources to help make wise decisions. I am professor emeritus at The College of St. Scholastica and have spent a career helping others access their own inner wisdom and act for the common good.

thor, INspirational Speaker

Air Force veteran and award-winning author George Hayward tells a little-known, morally conflicted story of heroism, duty, honor and obligation.

John has received three national book awards for his works of fiction and non-fiction.

Maggie Smith is a Wisconsin novelist, podcaster, blogger, and editor. Her debut novel, published in March 2022, won the 16th Annual Juror’s Choice Award from NIEA, the 2022 PenCraft First Place Award for Women’s Fiction, and is one of the Women’s National Book Association’s 2022 Great Group Reads

Marva infuses positive energy with her current, real-world perspective gained through her career as a sales, leadership, executive and employee engagement, and marketing leader, from startups to blue chip brands, including IBM, Amazon, Splunk, and Twilio

MaryEllen Weber, is an award-winning children's book author and spiritual director who is passionate about inviting others to awaken to Divine Presence within and without.

I am passionate about helping people find the best versions of themselves!

I began my writing career mid-life following years of travel, observation and experiences. I'm a people person, and that has translated into what I do best: characterization!

Full time epic fantasy author.

Michele's colorful experiences from her fifteen+ year career in the entertainment industry inspired her to write THE RISE AND FALL OF DANI TRUEHART trilogy.

Nick Holmberg won NIEA's 2021 Best New Fiction category for his novel The Emergent. He uses elements of several genres and storytelling modes to engage and challenge the reader on perspective and social issues.

Nora D'Ecclesis presents seminars on the topic of "The Paths To Spirituality" from the zen perspective. Her experience includes small companies, non-profits, and retreat seminars on zoom or in person in the USA and UK.

Pamela Hamilton is a producer, public relations consultant, and author of the multi-award-winning historical novel, Lady Be Good. Her career has encompassed the fields of broadcast journalism, filmmaking, and publishing.

Advocate for ending the stigma surrounding mental illness after supporting my wife through several years of acute psychosis.

From 2017 through 2020, Patrick Riccards served on the coaching staff for the West Windsor-Plainsboro (NJ) Wildcats Cheer team, working with WWP’s Junior Pee Wee, Pee Wee, and Junior Varsity squads. His PW squad took second place at YCADA Globals and his JV squad earned a top 10 finish at Pop Warner Natio

Ric Keller served eight years in the U.S. House of Representatives. Today, Congressman Keller is an award-winning author, keynote speaker, and attorney. He speaks on the topics of civility in the workplace, leading with humor, networking for introverts, and how to build a happy life.

Professional singer turned novelist. Her debut novel, The Postmaster's Daughter,set in East Tennessee, is a literary fiction performance that shows Mabry’s ear for character details and her ability to weave a murder plot that keeps the reader’s interest to the very last page.

Oral Historian, Writing Workshops in Prisons, Documentary Photographer

Ms. Cui's debut novel, Groovy Girl, is about a young, feisty Filipino-American girl whose world turns topsy-turvy when her 19-year-old wunderkind sister is diagnosed with colon cancer, amid the chaos of an animated, dramatic extended family. Groovy Girl is the 2022 winner of the National Indie Excellence Award for Asian American Pacific Islander Fiction, a 2022 finalist at the American Fiction Awards for Multicultural Fiction, and was short-listed for the 2022 Hawthorne Prize, sponsored by the American Writing Awards..