An Indie Splash 'Hit' Is Born for Lovers of Funny Yet Thought-Provoking Chick Lit? Check out "My Life on Craigslist" the Hot New Award Winning Finalist of USA Books Awards 2011

    LOS ANGELES, CA, November 09, 2011 /24-7PressRelease -- MY LIFE ON CRAIGSLIST, the New York indie splash hit by Alexandra Ares, is "Award-Winning Finalist in the Chick Lit/Women's Lit category of The USA "Best Books 2011" Awards, injecting authenticity, sparkling dialog, witty insights, and fresh energy in the genre.

Books from Simon & Schuster, St. Martin¡'s Press, Random House, Penguin, Harper Collins, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw-Hill, John Wiley & Sons and hundreds of independent houses competed for these awards sponsored by USA Books News, and announced early November by President Jeffrey Keen.

Says Alexandra Ares: "This award means a lot to me, especially since I competed with the big publishing houses, so it was a David vs. Goliath situation. I am glad that indie novels are starting to get the recognition they deserve, just like the indie movies receive credit for bringing forth vital talent and very good movies. It's a first step, and I can only hope that big newspapers and magazines will start paying some attention to the more Irreverent indie fiction."

MY LIFE ON CRAIGSLIST sketches an entertaining satire of today's mores as reflected on the fifth most popular website in the US and the most uninhibited. The story is told through the lens of an innocent girl, casualty of the financial crisis, who is forced to live vicariously through Craigslist, because it's the only place where postings are free. Alexandra Ares tells a touching, fun story, while unleashing a gripping human fresco of an online world where "decency has flown the desktop, the laptop and even the smartphone."

Meet Emily Thompson, a 25 years-old girl with a passion for contemporary art and a desire to surpass her modest condition as a bank teller in Buffalo's suburbs. One year after she moves to trendy East Village in New York City, where she lands a job in an art gallery and an artist boyfriend, her life is thrown in an uproar when she loses everything. Suddenly alone, with no boyfriend, no money in the bank, no friends, and a family far away, Emily starts to live vicariously through Craigslist. With each new experience she is either the con or the conned, and when things spiral out of control, Emily discovers the double edge of fame, morals, and the unexpected turn of fortunes in New York.

"So much of what occurs is beautifully tied up. I adored it. The Apatow films don't do it better. This book is a D-flawless diamond, small but utterly perfect." -- Monique Raphel High, best-selling novelist

MY LIFE ON CRAIGSLIST is available for sale as paperback and e-book on Amazon.com and BN.com and on all the available digital channels: Kindle, Nook, I Tunes, and Smashwords.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Alexandra Ares is a New York novelist, columnist, screenwriter, playwright, TV producer/director, and publisher of Manhattan Chronicles. Born and raised in Bucharest, Romania, at the time communist, now part of the European Union, she was reborn in New York in 1998. Ms. Ares is the author of three novels: MY LIFE ON CRAIGSLIST, DREAM JUNKIES, written in New York but first published in Europe where it was a best seller, and the minimalistic, literary THE OTHER GIRL. Each of her novels is very different from the others in style, ranging from chick lit to literary, but reviewers agree that My Life on Craigslist is the most entertaining. For more information go to www.AlexandraAres.com.

A complete list of the winners and finalists can be found here:
http://www.usabooknews.com/bestbooks2012awards/bestbooks2011results.html

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Publisher: Smart Media New York
Category: Fiction & Memoir
Format: paperback and Ebook
E-book Price: $5.99
Paperback price: $12.99, now on sale for a limited time for $9.95
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