Comfort Food   |   Excerpt   |   About the Author   |   Reviews   |   Contact Noah   |   Writing Links   |   Awards and Honors   |   Friends and Favorites Awards and Honors Winner of the 2006 Independent Publisher Book Award (West-Pacific -- Best Regional Fiction) The Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY), launched in 1996, are designed to bring increased recognition to titles published by independent authors and publishers.   Previous winners of the IPPY Award include Jeffrey Lewis for Meritocracy: A Love Story, Matthew Sharpe for The Sleeping Father, and Leif Enger for Peace Like a River. Bestseller at Boulder Book Store (Boulder, Colorado) August 2006 Comfort Food   |   Excerpt   |   About the Author   |   Reviews   |   Contact Noah   |   Writing Links   |   Awards and Honors   |   Friends and Favorites