I have some good news to share this week!  My book, A Composer’s Guide to Game Music, has been selected as a winner of this year’s National Indie Excellence Book Award!

Now in its ninth year, the National Indie Excellence Book Awards recognizes outstanding achievement in books from independent publishers, including scholarly and university presses.  A Composer’s Guide to Game Music won the National Indie Excellence Book Award this year for the genre of Performing Arts (Film, Theater, Dance & Music).  Many thanks to the judging panel of the National Indie Excellence Book Awards for this honor!

This is the third award presented to A Composer’s Guide to Game Music (The MIT Press).  To date, the book has also won a Global Music Award for an exceptional book in the field of music, and an Annual Game Music Award from Game Music Online in the category of “Best Publication.”

The Global Music Awards presented a Gold Medal Award of Excellence as a GMA Book Award to A Composer’s Guide to Game Music, which was judged as exceptional in the field of music.

The staff of accomplished music journalists of Game Music Online presented a “Best Publication” award to A Composer’s Guide to Game Music, acknowledging its “accessible yet deep insight into the process of making game music.”