I’m very honoured to announce that Betty and Veronica: The Leading Ladies of Riverdale has won a 2025 Independent Publisher Book Award gold medal in the Audiobook: Non-Fiction Informational category. I’ve never won a gold medal before, so this is a real treat! But to be honest, I had little to do with this prestigious prize.
All the credit goes to Colby Elliott, who produced the audiobook, narrated it, and released it through his company, Last Word Audio. He did an amazing job with it, and it’s such an engaging listen. The writing’s not bad, I suppose, but he brings the words to life with compelling skill. When he first sent me a recording of the initial chapters, I began to listen to them and got immediately drawn into the narrative and history of it all, as if it was new material and not a book I’d actually written! I couldn’t put it down, and I knew all the dang words. He’s so good at what he does, and it’s a delightful listen. If you missed the audiobook’s release when it first came out a while back, I strongly encourage you to check it out! It’s a wonderful listen, and I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Thanks so much to the Independent Publisher Book Awards for this fantastic honour! I’m so pleased one of my books has won an IPPY. And even more pleased for Colby, who deserves all of the acclaim for this achievement. I remain forever grateful that he was able to bring the book to life, in a gold medal caliber performance, no less!
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Tim Hanley is a comic book historian and the author of Wonder Woman Unbound, Investigating Lois Lane, The Many Lives of Catwoman, Betty and Veronica: The Leading Ladies of Riverdale, and Not All Supermen. View more posts
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