Denver-Based Author, Katie O’Brien Ceccarini, Wins National Book Award

Denver, CO, October 06, 2026 --(PR.com)-- Denver author, Katie O’Brien Ceccarini, receives national recognition through the NYC Big Book Award®.

The NYC Big Book Award recognized Fearless Feedback: Everything Managers Have Never Been Taught About Feedback in the category of Leadership as a Distinguished Favorite.

The competition is judged by experts from different aspects of the book industry, including publishers, writers, editors, designers, booksellers, librarians and professional copywriters. Winners and distinguished favorites are based on overall excellence.

Fearless Feedback: Everything Managers Have Never Been Taught About Feedback is changing how managers have feedback conversations, helping them say what needs to be said without losing the relationship. This is the practical, no-nonsense guide managers have been waiting for.

While this is the first award recognizing the excellence of Fearless Feedback, the frameworks included are ones Katie has been teaching Fortune 500 companies for years.

NYC Big Book Award received book submissions worldwide. Publishers included Endurance Management Coaching, LLC, Beacon Press, NYU Press, Penguin Random House, University of California Press, and more.

To view the list of NYC Big Book winners and distinguished favorites, please visit: https://www.nycbigbookaward.com/