Every October the Book Publicists
of Southern California has the
IRWIN Award Dinner Meeting.
Now going for 17 years, the IRWIN,
which stands for Industry
Recognition of Writers in the
News, has been awarded to
hundreds of worthy authors.
The most recent celebrity presenter
was Tommy Hawkins, who played
professional basketball and is a
Los Angeles media personality, but
has included well known celebrities
such as Shelley Berman, Johnny
Grant, Stephanie Edwards, Peter
Marshall, Shotgun Tom Kelly, Fred
Travelena, Los Angeles Times
columnist Chris Erskine and many
more.