H.J. Ruiz – Avian101

I’ve recently received a happy email from my friend Jessica Pellien from Princeton University Press. Two books that I had the opportunity to review have been picked for awards. Here is an excerpt of her email:

Dear H.J.,

So, I am writing with very good news and to toot our horn a bit.

The Professional and Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) convened yesterday to announce the winners of the 2011 American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (The PROSE Awards) and not one, but two, of Princeton University Press’s bird books were honored.

The Crossley ID Guide by Richard Crossley was awarded the PROSE for best Single Volume Reference/Science book, and also took home the highly prestigious Award for Excellence in Reference Works.

And Avian Architecture was awarded the PROSE for best book in Popular Science & Popular Mathematics.

I am proud to have worked with both of these authors and couldn’t be more pleased that their excellent books have received this recognition. I hope you will join Princeton University Press in celebrating this good news.

I hope you have a lovely weekend.

Best wishes,

Jessica

Details on the awards here: http://www.proseawards.com/current-winners.html

Jessica Pellien

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