2007 Ken Book Award Winners Announced

Authors honored for Outstanding Contributions to Better Understanding of Mental Illness.

New York (PRWeb) March 28, 2007 -- The Kenneth Johnson Memorial Research Library at the National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York City Metro (NAMI-NYC Metro) will honor six authors at its 9th annual Ken Book Awards breakfast on Thursday, May 3, beginning at 8:30 a.m. at the Yale Club in Manhattan.

The Ken Book Awards are presented each spring in memory of Kenneth Johnson, the son of Patricia Warburg Cliff. Ms. Cliff founded the Kenneth Johnson Memorial Research Library in 1996. It is housed at the NAMI-NYC Metro offices and includes hundreds of books, journals and videos, and is host to book and poetry clubs.

The 2007 "Ken" Award winners are:

Pete Earley; Crazy: A Father's Search through America's Mental Health Madness - Putnam

Eric Kandel; In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind - Norton

Kim Mueser and Susan Gingerich; The Complete Family Guide to Schizophrenia - Guilford

Katharine Noel; Halfway House - Atlantic Monthly Press

Garry Trudeau; The War Within: One More Step at a Time - Andrews McMee

All 2007 Ken awardees are selected based on their outstanding literary contributions to a better understanding of mental illness.

Previous awardees have included Jane Pauley, Quincy Jones, Wally Lamb, Sylvia Nasser, Rick Moody, Kay Jamison, Simon Winchester, Sherwin Nuland and Andrew Solomon.

ABOUT NAMI- NYC METRO
The National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York City Metro, Inc. (NAMI-NYC Metro) is a grassroots organization that provides support, education and advocacy for families and individuals of all ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds who live with mental illness. As one of the largest local affiliates of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, NAMI-NYC Metro works collaboratively with state and national affiliates to educate the public, advocate for legislation, reduce stigma and improve the mental health system.

ABOUT PATRICIA WARBURG CLIFF
Patricia Warburg Cliff, founder of The Kenneth Johnson Memorial Research Library and the Ken Book Awards, is a recent past member of the board of directors of NAMI-NYC Metro. Licensed as an attorney in the State of New York, Ms. Cliff is a senior vice president with The Corcoran Group in New York City.

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