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Cool Creatures, Hot Planet:
Exploring the Seven Continents by Montana author, Marty Essen, has won the 2007 Benjamin Franklin Award for Travel/Essay. Over 1,800 books, in various categories, were entered in this prestigious competition sponsored by PMA, the Independent Book Publishers Association. The winners were chosen by more than 150 judges, selected for their expertise in the industry. Marty Essen accepted his award at a gala presentation at BookExpo America in New York City on May 31, 2007.
This is the third first-place book award win for Cool Creatures, Hot Planet. Earlier it won the Best Books 2006 Book Award for Travel/Essay and the National Indie Excellence 2007 Book Award for Travel/Essay.