Former Miss South Carolina Wins National Book Award

CHARLESTON, S.C. - April 30, 2015 - PRLog -- Christian Small Publishers Association (CSPA) announced Bury Me with My Pearls by Jane Herlong as this year’s 2015 Christian Small Publisher Book of the Year Award winner in Biography / Memoir.

“With Mother’s Day approaching, this award is especially important to me since Bury Me with My Pearls is in memory of my mother. Now that she’s spending eternity with our Heavenly Father, this is one way for me to say thanks for all she did for me during her life. Winning this award also proves you can make an “F” in college writing and still become an award-winning author.” - Jane Herlong Bury Me with My Pearls is also the Gold Medal Winner of the 2015 Illumination Book Awards.

Christian Small Publisher Book of the Year Award honors books produced by small publishers each year for outstanding contribution to Christian life. Readers and Christian booksellers voted on the nominated titles in each of thirteen categories. “The voting was very competitive again this year,” said Sarah Bolme, Director of Christian Small Publishers Association, the sponsor of the award.

The Christian Small Publisher Book of the Year Award is sponsored by Christian Small Publishers Association (CSPA). This year, a total of 126 titles were nominated for the award categories.

Congratulations to Jane and her mother on a life lived well and remembered with honor.

Bury Me with My Pearls is available on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1938499336, Barnes and Noble, and wherever books are sold. ISBN-13: 978-1938499333