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On Friday, April 18th, Ben H. Winters took home the 2014 Philip K. Dick Award for Countdown City, the second book in The Last Policeman trilogy. The award honors a distinguished original science fiction paperback, and is presented annually with the support of the Philip K. Dick Trust. 

You can check out a full list of the nominees, as well as more details about the award, over on the Norwescon website. 

Congratulations, Ben! The entire Quirk Books office is currently doing this, for you. 

This weekend, Nook is running an incredible First in Series promotion, with a ton of fantastic books discounted to $2.99.  And over the course of the sale, you'll be able to wrangle up a few great deals on select Quirk titles. Check it out!

– The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters

– Tales from Lovecraft Middle School #1: Professor Gargoyle by Charles Gilman

– Nick & Tesla's High Voltage Danger Lab by Steven Hockensmith and Science Bob Pflugfelder

The sale runs Friday, March 21st until Sunday, March 23rd. 

Here at Quirk, #we #love #Twitter. (Psst. Come follow us!) So we're incredibly excited to have three Quirk writers participating in the #TwitterFiction Festival 2014: Ben H. Winters (The Last Policeman), Ian Doescher (William Shakespeare's Star Wars), and Eric Smith (The Geek's Guide to Dating).

Read on to find out more and learn how you can write your own #TwitterFiction!

Bloggers! The final book in Ben H. Winters' amazing, Edgar award winning The Last Policeman trilogy, World of Trouble, will collide with bookstores everywhere this July. I can't wait to see how things wrap up for Detective Hank Palace, and I want to get you just as excited about it as I am.

We released the first book, The Last Policeman, in 2012, with the second book, Countdown City, following just last year. For those of you who haven't taken a trip into Ben's fantastic pre-apocalyptic world, I want to give you that chance before the final book hits. So if you'd like to get familiar with the series I'd be more than happy to send you the first two books to review on your book blog or BookTube channel. 

Or if you're just curious how many asteroid puns I can make in a single email (spoiler: a lot), you can reach out to me at [email protected]. 

Wow! We're thrilled to announce that Ben H. Winters' Countdown City, the sequel to the Edgar award-winning The Last Policeman, is nominated for the 2013 Philip K. Dick Award!