This indeed seems to be a golden year for horror author and director Greg Lamberson and his novel JOHNNY GRUESOME, which was released earlier in 2008 from Medallion Press! Today it was announced that JOHNNY GRUESOME has won first place (Gold) for Horror in the 2009 IPPY Awards (Independent Publisher Book Awards). Congratulations to Greg! He most definitely deserves the honor! A list of all of this year’s winners can be found by clicking here. JOHNNY GRUESOME has also made it to the final round of Bram Stoker Award nominations in the Best Horror Novel category. The winners of the 2009 Stoker Awards will be announced on June 12th at the Bram Stoker Banquet in Burbank, California (www.stokers2009.com). Best of luck to all of this year’s nominees!