{"id":6405,"date":"2022-01-13T19:25:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T00:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/?page_id=6405"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:09:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:09:50","slug":"celebrity-biba-winners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/celebrity-biba-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity BIBA Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Here are a few of the celebrities that have won a BIBA.<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You could be a winner too! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section getwid-section-content-full-width\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__divider is-top-divider\"><svg x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveaspectratio=\"none\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__divider-svg wp-block-getwid-section__divider-svg-negative\"><path fill=\"white\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__divider-svg-fill\" d=\"M370,99c364,0,630-98,630-98v99H0V1C0,1,6,99,370,99z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__divider is-bottom-divider\"><svg x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveaspectratio=\"none\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__divider-svg wp-block-getwid-section__divider-svg-negative\"><path fill=\"white\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__divider-svg-fill\" d=\"M370,99c364,0,630-98,630-98v99H0V1C0,1,6,99,370,99z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background-holder\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/bab5.jpeg')\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background-image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background-image\" src=\"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/bab5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__foreground\" style=\"opacity:0.86;background-color:#ffffff\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__content\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/J._Michael_Straczynski.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6050 size-full\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/J._Michael_Straczynski.png 330w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/J._Michael_Straczynski-300x400.png 300w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/J._Michael_Straczynski-150x200.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">J. Michael Straczynski<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Screenwriter | Producer | Director | Comic Book Writer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joseph Michael Straczynski<\/strong> (\/str\u0259\u02c8z\u026anski\/) is an American television and film screenwriter, producer and director, and comic book writer. He is the founder of Synthetic Worlds Ltd. and Studio JMS and is best known as the creator of the science fiction television series Babylon 5 (1993\u20131998) and its spinoff Crusade (1999), as well as the series Jeremiah (2002\u20132004) and Sense8 (2015\u20132018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/product\/becoming-a-writer-staying-a-writer\/\">Michael&#8217;s Winning Book<\/a> \ud83c\udfc6<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section getwid-section-content-full-width\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__divider is-top-divider\"><svg x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewbox=\"0 0 2600 130\" preserveaspectratio=\"none\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__divider-svg\"><polygon fill=\"white\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__divider-svg-fill\" points=\"2600,65 0,1 0,0 2600,0 \"><\/polygon><rect fill=\"white\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__divider-svg-fill\" opacity=\"0.5\" width=\"2600\" height=\"65\"><\/rect><polygon fill=\"white\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__divider-svg-fill\" opacity=\"0.5\" points=\"2600,65 0,129 0,0 2600,0 \"><\/polygon><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__divider is-bottom-divider\"><svg x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewbox=\"0 0 2600 130\" preserveaspectratio=\"none\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__divider-svg\"><polygon fill=\"white\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__divider-svg-fill\" points=\"2600,65 0,1 0,0 2600,0 \"><\/polygon><rect fill=\"white\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__divider-svg-fill\" opacity=\"0.5\" width=\"2600\" height=\"65\"><\/rect><polygon fill=\"white\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__divider-svg-fill\" opacity=\"0.5\" points=\"2600,65 0,129 0,0 2600,0 \"><\/polygon><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background-holder\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background\" style=\"background-image:linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(203,248,129,0.15) 0%,rgba(114,207,127,0.37) 100%)\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__foreground\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__content\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 35%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1155\" src=\"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alan-Scarfe-BIBA-1000.jpg\" alt=\"Alan Scarfe 3 Time BIBA Winner\" class=\"wp-image-5330 size-full\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alan-Scarfe-BIBA-1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alan-Scarfe-BIBA-1000-300x347.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alan-Scarfe-BIBA-1000-600x693.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alan-Scarfe-BIBA-1000-150x173.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alan-Scarfe-BIBA-1000-768x887.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alan-Scarfe-BIBA-1000-938x1083.jpg 938w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alan-Scarfe-BIBA-1000-560x647.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alan Scarfe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Actor | Director | Writer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Alan looks familiar to you, there\u2019s a good reason. With his long career, of which he logs multiple appearances in film and television and has performed well over 100 stage roles across Europe and North America, you have undoubtedly seen him either on stage or screen. Some of his film and TV credits include Star Trek, Seven Days, The Highlander, Stargate Atlantis, Lethal Weapon 3, Mysterious Island, and The Outer Limits, just to name a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/product-tag\/alan-scarfe\/\">Alan&#8217;s Winning Books<\/a> \ud83c\udfc6<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:48% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monolgies-for-Adults_BIBA-Award_2021-1024x683.png\" alt=\"Mike Kimmel BIBA Winner\" class=\"wp-image-6399 size-full\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monolgies-for-Adults_BIBA-Award_2021-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monolgies-for-Adults_BIBA-Award_2021-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monolgies-for-Adults_BIBA-Award_2021-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monolgies-for-Adults_BIBA-Award_2021-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monolgies-for-Adults_BIBA-Award_2021-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monolgies-for-Adults_BIBA-Award_2021-938x625.png 938w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monolgies-for-Adults_BIBA-Award_2021-560x373.png 560w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monolgies-for-Adults_BIBA-Award_2021-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/Monolgies-for-Adults_BIBA-Award_2021.png 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mike Kimmel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Actor | Speaker | Playwright | Teacher <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mike Kimmel is an experienced actor, speaker,<br>playwright, teacher, and audition coach. He is a<br>twenty-plus-year member of SAG-AFTRA. He worked with directors Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Townsend, Craig Shapiro, and Christopher Cain. TV credits include Game of Silence, Zoo, In Plain Sight, Treme, Cold Case, Breakout Kings, Memphis Beat, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He was a regular sketch comedy player on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno for eleven years and is a full voting member of the Television Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/product\/monologues-for-adults\/\">Mike&#8217;s Winning Book<\/a> \ud83c\udfc6<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section getwid-section-content-full-width\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__divider is-top-divider\"><svg x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveaspectratio=\"none\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__divider-svg\"><path fill=\"white\" opacity=\"0.5\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__divider-svg-fill\" d=\"M1000,100V0H0v60c29.7,29.7,977.4,40,999.6,40H1000z\"><\/path><path fill=\"white\" opacity=\"0.5\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__divider-svg-fill\" d=\"M1000,100V0H0v30c59.5,59.5,985.3,70,999.8,70H1000z\"><\/path><path fill=\"white\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__divider-svg-fill\" d=\"M1000,100V0H0.1l0,0c89,89.1,971.7,100,999.3,100H1000L1000,100z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__divider is-bottom-divider\"><svg x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveaspectratio=\"none\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__divider-svg\"><path fill=\"white\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__divider-svg-fill\" d=\"M0,0c0,0,969.9,9.9,1000,40V0H0z\"><\/path><path fill=\"white\" opacity=\"0.5\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__divider-svg-fill\" d=\"M0,0c0,0,909.5,9.5,1000,100V0H0z\"><\/path><path fill=\"white\" opacity=\"0.3\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__divider-svg-fill\" d=\"M0,0c0,0,940,10,1000,70V0H0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background-holder\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/BIBApromoBack-scaled.jpg')\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background-image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background-image\" src=\"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/BIBApromoBack-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__foreground\" style=\"opacity:0.84;background-color:#ffffff\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__content\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 42%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"972\" src=\"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/Miles-Watson-Sinners-Cross1000.jpg\" alt=\"Miles Watson 2019 Best Indie Book Award Historical Fiction Winner\" class=\"wp-image-4523 size-full\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/Miles-Watson-Sinners-Cross1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/Miles-Watson-Sinners-Cross1000-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/Miles-Watson-Sinners-Cross1000-600x583.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/Miles-Watson-Sinners-Cross1000-150x146.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/Miles-Watson-Sinners-Cross1000-768x746.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/Miles-Watson-Sinners-Cross1000-938x912.jpg 938w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/Miles-Watson-Sinners-Cross1000-560x544.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Miles Watson<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Actor | Writer | Prosthetic Makeup Artist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Miles Watson, son of a prominent Chicago journalist, took an early interest in writing and published his first short story at 17. He holds undergraduate degrees in Criminal Justice and History and served in law enforcement for nearly ten years before moving to Los Angeles, where he has worked on such television shows as HEROES, CSI: NY, and TRUE BLOOD. A martial artist since his teens, he holds a black belt in White Tiger Taekwondo. He graduated from Seton Hill University with a Master of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction and was the recipient of that program\u2019s first-ever Endowed Scholarship. His critically-acclaimed first novel, CAGE LIFE, won ZEALOT SCRIPT\u2019S BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD (2016) and the BEST INDIE BOOK AWARD (MYSTERY &amp; SUSPENSE) for 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/product-tag\/miles-watson\/\">Miles&#8217; Winning Books<\/a> \ud83c\udfc6<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:44% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/bibpic3-1024x780.jpg\" alt=\"Matthew D. Hunt\" class=\"wp-image-3512 size-full\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/bibpic3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/bibpic3-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/bibpic3-600x457.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/bibpic3-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/bibpic3-768x585.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/bibpic3-938x714.jpg 938w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/bibpic3-1320x1005.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/bibpic3-560x427.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matthew D. Hunt<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Author | Producer | Actor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthew D. Hunt is proof that it\u2019s never too late to follow your dreams. As he reached middle age, he was inspired by film icons Richard Hatch and Tony Todd to rework his entire life and pursue a career as an independent film producer\/writer where he rapidly became known for his unique ability to guide the creative process. Now with numerous projects under his belt such as \u201c5th Passenger\u201d, \u201cJunkie\u201d, and \u201cNobility\u201d,&nbsp;he makes his novel debut with Solar Reboot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/product\/solar-reboot\/\">Matthew&#8217;s Winning Book <\/a>\ud83c\udfc6<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a few of the celebrities that have won a BIBA. You could be a winner too! Mike Kimmel Actor | Speaker | Playwright | Teacher Mike Kimmel is an experienced actor, speaker,playwright, teacher, and audition coach. He is atwenty-plus-year member of SAG-AFTRA. 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