Amazon and Penguin Group (USA) Reveal Top Three Finalists for Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award.Amazon.com Customers Can Now Vote for the Winner at www.amazon.com/abna Winner To Be Announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. at Ceremony in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of on Wednesday, May 27 SEATTLE & NEW YORK -- Three finalists have been selected from among several thousand qualified writers in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest, the international competition in search of the next popular novel, sponsored by Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :AMZN AMZN Amazon.com (NASDAQ symbol) ) and Penguin Group (USA) (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :PSO PSO - Oracle Parallel Server ). From now through May 21, Amazon customers can go to www.amazon.com/abna and vote for their favorite work after reading excerpts from the finalists' respective novels. The Grand Prize winner of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, who will receive a publishing contract from Penguin Group (USA) which includes a $25,000 advance, will be revealed at a ceremony in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. on Wednesday, May 27, 2009. A panel of noted publishing professionals--bestselling authors Sue Grafton and Sue Monk Kidd Sue Monk Kidd (born August 12, 1948) is a writer from the Southern United States, best known for her novel, The Secret Life of Bees. Kidd, who was born in Sylvester, Georgia, graduated from Texas Christian University with a B.S. , literary agent Barney Karpfinger and Penguin Press Editor-in-Chief Eamon Dolan--have read the top three finalists' novels and written critiques of each, posted at www.amazon.com/abna. The top three finalists, listed in alphabetical order by author's last name, are: Ian Gibson, Victoria, British Columbia, for Stuff of Legends The author, who works at a theater in British Columbia, developed the characters in this novel from a comic strip he created in 2003. Stuff of Legends is a comic fantasy about heroism and celebrity, where a 15-year-old boy's fondest wish is granted and he is teamed with his idol, warrior hero Jordan the Red, to defeat villains, monsters and demonic armies. James King, Wilton, Conn., for Bill Warrington's Last Chance A corporate communications specialist for the past 20 years, the author earned his master's degree in creative writing in 2008 as a way to achieve his lifelong goal of writing fiction. In the novel, Bill Warrington tries to reestablish ties with his estranged es·trange tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es 1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. children after he is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (ăls`hī'mərz, ôls–), degenerative disease of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex that leads to atrophy of the brain and senile dementia. . After several attempts at a reunion fail, he decides to kidnap his 15-year-old granddaughter, April, so that his children will be forced to talk to each other - and to him - as they attempt to "rescue" April. Brandi Lynn Ryder, Napa, Calif., for In Malice, Quite Close A Napa resident who grew up in the gold-mining town of Sonora, the author draws inspiration for her novel from her passions for Impressionist art and French culture. The novel opens in 1979 San Francisco, where an unlikely relationship forms between 15-year-old Karen, who longs to escape her abusive father, and wealthy art collector Tristan Mourault. Tristan gains Karen's trust and she soon adopts a new identity as his daughter, sending the two on an extraordinary odyssey that spans 15 years and two coasts. Tim McCall, vice president, director of online sales and marketing, Penguin Group (USA), commented: "I'm delighted with this year's finalists. They emerged from a field of very high-quality manuscripts that challenged our editorial teams to pick the best of the best. Each of our top three finalists can be very proud of their achievement. Now, it's up to the voters." "The Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award is a way of introducing talented writers to readers with an enthusiasm for fresh new literary voices," said Jeff Belle, vice president, U.S. Books, Amazon. "Customers now have a unique and important role in the contest by choosing the next breakthrough novel from three great finalists on Amazon.com." The Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award is co-sponsored by Amazon, Penguin Group (USA) and CreateSpace. For complete terms and conditions on the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, finalists' excerpts and to vote for the winning novel, please visit www.amazon.com/abna. About Penguin Group (USA) Penguin Group (USA) Inc. is the U.S. member of the internationally renowned Penguin Group. Penguin Group (USA) is one of the leading U.S. adult and children's trade book publishers, owning a wide range of imprints and trademarks, including Viking, G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Penguin Press, Riverhead Books, Dutton, Penguin Books, Berkley Books, Gotham Books, Portfolio, New American Library, Plume, Tarcher, Philomel phil·o·mel n. A nightingale. [Alteration (influenced by French philomèle) of Middle English phylomene, from Medieval Latin philom , Grosset & Dunlap, Puffin, and Frederick Warne, among others. The Penguin Group (http://www.penguin.com) is part of Pearson plc, the international media company. About Amazon.com Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as books, movies, music & games, digital downloads, electronics & computers, home & garden, toys, kids & baby, grocery, apparel, shoes & jewelry, health & beauty, sports & outdoors, and tools, auto & industrial. Amazon Web Services  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . provides Amazon's developer customers with access to in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon's own back-end technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any type of business. 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