2022 NAUTILUS WINNERS
11. DEATH & DYING / GRIEF & LOSS | Gold Winner
Heartwood: The Art of Living with the End in Mind
Barbara Becker
Macmillan Publishers / Flatiron Press
11. DEATH & DYING / GRIEF & LOSS | Silver WinnerS
Widow’s Moon: Healing, Hope & Self-Discovery through Grief and Loss
Cara Hope Clark
Self-publish with consultant Geoff Affleck
Overcoming Deepest Grief: A Woman’s Journey
Mary Aviyah Farkas
Self-publish with Ronni Saulo Literary
A Soul Lives On: A Mother’s Memoir of Grief, Astrology, and the Afterlife
Reba Ferguson
Libra Moon Press
Forget Prayers, Bring Cake: A Single Woman’s Guide to Grieving
Merissa N. Gerson
Mandala Publishing / Insight Editions
Living Grieving: Using Energy Medicine to
Alchemize Grief and Loss
Karen V. Johnson
Hay House
12. HEALTH, HEALING & WELLNESS | Gold Winners

Energetic Herbalism
Kat Maier
Chelsea Green Publishing

The Way of Miracles: Accessing Your Superconsciousness
Mark D. Mincolla PhD
Beyond Words Publishing
12. HEALTH, HEALING & WELLNESS | Silver Winners

This Day in Recovery: 365 Meditations
Lane-Mairead Campbell, & Katie Kandarian-Morris, editors
Skinner House Books

Pain Erasers: Complete Natural Medicine Guide to Safe, Drug-Free Relief
Michelle Schoffro Cook PhD
BenBella Books

What Fresh Hell is This? Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You
Heather Corinna
Hachette Go

Above the Din: Diary of the HepC Wonder Drugs
Labar Laskie
HenschellHAUS Publishing

Forgetting: The Benefits of Not Remembering
Scott Small
Crown Publishing
13. HEROIC JOURNEYS | Gold Winner
From Shadows to Life: A Biography of the
Cancer Survivorship Movement
Judith L. Pearson
Lincoln Square Books
13. HEROIC JOURNEYS | Silver Winners
Where You Are is Not Who You Are
Ursula M. Burns
Amistad / HarperCollins
Travel Bravely: A Family’s Journey through Sickle Cell Disease
Adejoke Lolade Ejiofor
Wise Ink Creative Publishing
Two Pieces of Cloth: One Family’s Story of the Holocaust
Joe Gold
Page Two Books
The Bark of the Cony: Not If, but How - a Philosophy of Life
George Nash Smith & Sons
Self Published
Small Miracles: The Inspiring Kids of Variety Village
Mike Strobel
North Channel Press
14. INNER PROSPERITY & RIGHT LIVELIHOOD | Gold Winners
Tickled: A Commonsense Guide to the Present Moment
Duff McDonald
Harper Business
Sit Down to Rise Up
Shelly Tygielski
New World Library
14. INNER PROSPERITY & RIGHT LIVELIHOOD | Silver Winners
The Necktie and the Jaguar: A memoir to help you change your story and find fulfillment
Carl Greer
Chiron
Love Will Lead Us Home: Your Guide for the Journey
Rick Nichols
The Crane’s Nest
Real Change: Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves
and the World
Sharon Salzberg
Macmillan / Flatiron Books
15. JOURNALISM & INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING | Gold Winners
Arriving Today: From Factory to Front Door - Why Everything Has Changed About How and What We Buy
Christopher Mims
Harper Business
Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction
Maia Szalavitz
Hachette Go
15. JOURNALISM & INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING | Silver Winners
Last Train to Auschwitz: French National Railways and the Journey to Accountability
Sarah Federman
Univ. Wisconsin Press
The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, & a Nation’s Neglect of a Deadly Disease
Daisy Hernández
Tin House
Nothing is Too Big to Fail: How the Last Financial Crisis Informs Today
Kerry Killinger, & Linda Killinger
Rosetta Books
Mutiny of Rage: The 1917 Camp Logan Riots and Buffalo Soldiers in Houston
Jaime Salazar
Prometheus
16A. MEMOIR & PERSONAL JOURNEY (SELF-PUBLISHED, SMALL PRESS) | Gold Winners
Fox Light: Magic Hidden in Plain Sight
Susan Andra Lion
Wild Vale Press
SPECIAL HONORS AS BEST OF SELF-PUBLISHED
What Was Said to Me: The Life of Sti’tum’atul’wut, a Cowichan Woman
Ruby Peter, with Helene Demers
Royal BC Museum
16A. MEMOIR & PERSONAL JOURNEY (SELF-PUBLISHED, SMALL PRESS) | Silver Winners
Hillbilly Queer: a memoir
J.R. Jamison
The Facing Project Press
Stubborn Grace: Faith, Mental Illness, and Demanding a Blessing
Kate Landis
Skinner House Books
Desert Chrome: Water, a Woman, and Wild Horses in the West
Kathryn Wilder
Torrey House Press
Brain Dance: My Journey with Invisible Illness, Second Chances, & the Wonders of Applied Neuroscience
Diane Grimard Wilson
MindStir Media
16b. MEMOIR & PERSONAL JOURNEY (LARGE PUBLISHER) | Gold Winners
World as Family: A Journey of Multi-Rooted Belongings
Vishakha Desai
Columbia Univ. Press
My Remarkable Journey
Katherine Johnson, with Joylette Hylick & Katherine Moore
Amistad / HarperCollins
16b. MEMOIR & PERSONAL JOURNEY (LARGE PUBLISHER) | Silver Winners
Living and Loving in the age of AIDS
Derek Frost
Watkins Publishing
The Woman Who Raised the Buddha: The extraordinary life of Mahaprajapati
Wendy Garling
Shambhala Publications
These Walls Between Us: A Memoir of Friendship Across Race and Class
Wendy Sanford
She Writes Press
Hollywood to the Himalayas
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati
Mandala Publishing
Just As I Am
Cicely Tyson
Amistad / HarperCollins
Guardians of the Trees: A Journey of Hope Through Healing the Planet
Kinari Webb
Macmillan Publishers / Flatiron Books
17. MULTICULTURAL & INDIGENOUS | Gold Winners
Praying to the West: How Muslims Shaped the Americas
Omar Mouallem
Simon & Schuster Canada
The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert
Shugri Said Salh
Algonquin Books
17. MULTICULTURAL & INDIGENOUS | Silver Winners
Beyond Diversity
Rohit Bhargava, & Jennifer Brown
IdeaPress Publishing
The Heartbeat of Iran: Real Voices of a Country and Its People
Tara Kangarlou
Ig Publishing
Terraform: Building a Better World
Propaganda
HarperOne / HarperCollins
The Bumbling Traveller: Sketching the World
Tom Schmidt
Kakibubu Media Ltd.
18. PARENTING & FAMILY | Gold Winners
Prizeworthy: How to Meaningfully Connect, Build Character, and Unlock the Potential of Every Child
Mitch Abblett PhD
Shambhala Publications
I Wish I’d Known: Young People, Drugs and Decisions
Fiona Spargo-Mabbs
Sheldon Press
18. PARENTING & FAMILY | Silver Winners
Growing Your Family: Learn How to Flourish and Thrive as a Military Family
Pearl Gifty Alimo
Koehler Books
The DAD Connection: A Bridge to Your Children
Scott Hanley
Floating Heart Press
Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself
Lisa Marchiano
Sounds True
Raising Resilient Kids: 8 principles for bringing up healthy, happy, successful children who can overcome obstacles and thrive despite adversity
Rhonda Spencer-Hwang
Tyndale
Becoming Us: The Couple’s Guide to Parenthood
Elly Taylor
Three Turtles Press
19A. PERSONAL GROWTH & SELF-HELP (SELF-PUBLISHED, SMALL PRESS) | Gold Winners
Awaken to Your True Self: Why You’re Still Stuck and How to Break Through
Andrew Daniel
MetaHeal
Breakthrough: How to Overcome Doubt, Fear, and Resistance to Be Your Ultimate Creative Self
Todd Mitchell
Owl Hollow
19A. PERSONAL GROWTH & SELF HELP (SELF-PUBLISHED, SMALL PRESS) | Silver Winners
Gay the Pray Away: Healing Your Life, Love, and Relationships
Erika Allison
Self-Published
Reflections on Being Your True Self in Any Situation
Cheryl Lafferty Eckl
Flying Crane Press
A NEW NOW: Your Guide to Mastering Wisdom Daily, Achieving Equilibrium, and Empowering Your Nobler Self
Michael Goddart
Clear Path Press
Still on Fire: Field Notes from a Queer Mystic
Jan Phillips
Unity Books
The Quest of Rose: Cosmic Keys of Our Future Becoming
Dr. Anneloes Smitsman, & Dr. Jean Houston
Oxygen Publishing
19B. PERSONAL GROWTH & SELF HELP (LARGE PUBLISHER) | Gold Winners
Shifting Shorelines: Messages from a Wiser Self
Terry Helwig
Viva Editions
Your Time to Thrive: End Burnout, Increase Well-being, and Unlock Your Full Potential
Marina Khidekel, & editors of Thrive Global
Hachette Go
19B. PERSONAL GROWTH & SELF HELP (LARGE PUBLISHER) | Silver Winners
The Hidden Power of Emotions: How to Activate Your Energy Field and Transform Your Life
Melanie Dean PhD
Hay House
Permission to Dream
Chris Gardner
Amistad / HarperCollins
I AM HERE: The Journey from Fear to Freedom
Ashley LeMieux
HarperOne / HarperCollins
IN/ACTION: Rethinking the Path to Results
Jinny Uppal
New Degree Press
20. PSYCHOLOGY / Mental & Emotional Well-Being | Gold Winners
Gender Trauma: Healing Cultural, Social, and Historical Gendered Trauma
Alex Iantaffi, PhD LMFT
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen: The Emotional Lives of Black Women
Inger Burnett-Zeigler PhD
Amistad / HarperCollins
20. PSYCHOLOGY / Mental & Emotional Well-Being | Silver Winners
From Survive to Thrive: Living Your Best Life with Mental Illness
Margaret S. Chisolm MD, with John Hanc; & Natasha Chugh, Illustrator
Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
Calm Within the Storm: A Pathway to Everyday Resiliency
Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe
Page Two Books
NOISE: A Flaw in Human Judgment
Daniel Kahneman; Olivier Sibony, & Cass R. Sunstein
Little, Brown Spark
Soul Therapy: The Art and Craft of Caring Conversations
Thomas Moore
HarperOne / HarperCollins
