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| Jamie Ford |
WASHINGTON, DC, June 14,
2016, Jamie Ford has been named the
recipient of the Historic Hotels of America 2016 Historian of the Year Award.
Ford will be honored with this distinguished award on November 3, 2016 at the
Historic Hotels of America Annual Awards of Excellence Ceremony and Gala Dinner
at The Royal Hawaiian, a Luxury Collection Resort (1927) in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The Historic Hotels of
America Historian of the Year Award is presented to an individual for making a
unique contribution in the research and presentation of history and whose work
has encouraged a wide discussion of greater understanding and enthusiasm for
American History.
Jamie Ford’s debut novel,
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, spent two years on the New York Times
bestseller list and went on to win the 2010 Asian/Pacific American Award for
Literature.
His work has been
translated into 34 languages and has over one million copies in print. He’s
still holding out for Klingon (“that’s when you know you’ve made it”). His most
recent novel, Songs of Willow Frost was published in 2013.
For a complete copy of the company’s news release,
please contact:
Lauralee Dobbins
609-451-5102
856-979-8929 (mobile)
Member SATW, PRSA
Twitter @AHotelPRo
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