First Place NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Award

Emblazoned across distance and time, The Blind Eye – A Sephardic Journey, frames a sweeping narrative beginning in 1492 with the expulsion of almost all Jews from Spain. As The Inquisition pursues them for 400 years they seek refuge in Portugal, Brazil and beyond. With the historical accuracy of scents, sounds and sights, this First Prize winner links family and cultural ties to a contemporary Cubana with a wicked wit as she learns about her past. Fast and moving.

The Blind Eye by award-winning author MARCIA FINE, is a First Prize winner from the Arizona Author’s Association. This work of historical fiction also taps into the author’s formative years in South Florida. With three historical novels and a satirical series set in Scottsdale, Fine has been a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award, Foreward Book of the Year, Best Books Award and USA Books News as well as a First Prize winner in Satire/Humor and selected as a "Top Ten Book of the Year" by bookcheerleader.com.

CHRISTINA COX is a 2014 Anthony Award nominated narrator best known for her starring roles on several series including Defying Gravity for ABC and Blood Ties for Lifetime as well as guest starring as Officer Zoey Kruger on Dexter, she is also known for the feature films The Chronicles of Riddick and Better Than Chocolate. As Co-Executive Producer and star, Christina recently helped resurrect Nikki & Nora - the most watched never aired pilot in history--as a web series. A self-confessed design junkie and devoted yoga practitioner, Christina currently resides in Los Angeles.