Local author Bill Peak’s debut novel has just received two awards from the Catholic Press Association. In that organization’s annual book awards competition, “The Oblate’s Confession” took second place in the category “Catholic Novel” and third place in the category “First Time Author of a Book” (“The Oblate’s Confession” was the only work of fiction to win in this category).
These prizes mark the third and fourth national awards Peak’s novel has won since being released in December. Previously, “The Oblate’s Confession” took silver in the Independent Book Publishers Association’s Benjamin Franklin Awards™ for “Best New Voice: Fiction,” while winning outright the National Indie Excellence® Book Award in the “Religion: Fiction” category.
Thanks to his work at the Talbot County Free Library, Peak is known locally as “the library guy.” His library column can be read on the first Sunday of each month in The Star Democrat. You can learn more about the Catholic Press Association Book Awards at: www.catholicpress.org.
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