Reader’s Favorite recognizes “Amina” in its 2016 international book award contest

For Immediate Release:  September 4, 2016
Reader’s Favorite recognizes “Amina” in its 2016 international book award contest.
The 2016 Readers’ Favorite International Book Award Contest featured thousands of contestants from over a dozen countries.

Mumbai, Maharashtra. Readers’ Favorite has become the fastest growing book review and award contest site on the Internet. They have earned the respect of renowned publishers like Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Harper Collins, and have received the “Best Websites for Authors” and “Honoring Excellence” awards from the Association of Independent Authors. They are also fully accredited by the BBB (A+ rating), which is a rarity among Book Review and Book Award Contest companies.
In addition to reviewing for some of the biggest names in the literary industry, as well as the first time independent author, they host a respected award contest which features entries from new authors to NYT best-sellers, as well as celebrities like Jim Carrey and Henry Winkler.
“Readers’ Favorite is proud to announce that “Amina” by Fiza Pathan is a Bronze Medal Winner in the Fiction – Realistic category in our 2016 International Book Award Contest.”
Synopsis: Amina: The Silent One brings vividly to life the grim realities facing women in India today, the grinding, filthy poverty, and debasement with which most Indian women must contend in their daily lives. This book will shock you and rip your eyes open. Through the magic of fiction, it tells an awful truth in human terms that cannot be told in any other way.
Author’s Bio: Fiza Pathan is a teacher and an award-winning author of nine books: S.O.S. Animals and Other Stories, Treasury of Bizarre Christmas Stories, Classics: Why we should encourage children to read them, Nirmala: The Mud Blossom, So This Is Love – Collected Poems, Classics: How we can encourage children to read them, The Flame Will Always Burn-Selected Poems, Amina: The Silent One, Raman and Sunny: Middle School Blues, and “Flesh of Flesh” (Short Story). Her books have placed in many prestigious international awards: Readers’ Favorite International Book Awards, Reader Views Literary Awards, Mom’s Choice Award, Beverly Hills International Book Awards, Eric Hoffer Book Award, Foreword Reviews INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards (Finalist), Next Generation Indie Book Awards (Finalist), etc.
Learn more at https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/amina
Amina: The Silent One has won the following awards:
2015-2016 Reader Views Literary Awards -Winner 1st Place General Fiction/Novel
2015-2016 Reader Views Literary Awards – Global Award for Asia
2016 Readers’ Favorite International Book Award- Bronze Medal
Foreword Reviews’ 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award Finalist Multicultural (Adult Fiction)
2015 New Apple Book Awards – Solo “Medalist Winner” in the E-Book General Fiction category.
2016 Next Generation Indie Book Awards – Finalist Novella Category
2015 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award- Category Fiction
2015 New England Book Festival – Honorable Mention in Regional Literature
2016 Pacific Rim Book Festival- RUNNER-UP Regional Literature.
4th Annual Beverly Hills International Book Awards- Winner in Regional Fiction category.
55 Best Self-Published Books of 2015 – IndieReader
2016 IAN Book of the Year Awards- Finalist General Fiction
2016 IAN Book of the Year Awards- Finalist Novella
 
Fiza Pathan
Amina
https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/amina
Email: pathan.fiza@gmail.com