Amazon and Penguin Group (USA) Name Gregory Hill and Jill Baguchinsky Winners of Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award

SEATTLE & NEW YORK & CHARLESTON, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--(NASDAQ: AMZN) and (NYSE: PSO) – Amazon.com, Penguin Group (USA) and CreateSpace, a part of the Amazon group of companies, today announced the winners of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, the international competition in search of the next popular novel, at an event held at the Amazon.com headquarters in Seattle. Gregory Hill is the winner of the general fiction category for his novel, “East of Denver,” and Jill Baguchinsky is the winner in the young adult fiction category for her novel, “Spookygirl.” Hill and Baguchinsky will each receive a publishing contract from Penguin Group (USA) that includes a $15,000 advance. “East of Denver” and “Spookygirl” will be published by Dutton’s adult and children’s divisions, respectively. The novels are available for pre-order now on Amazon.com at www.amazon.com/abna.