Blind Love

SHELFIES: Nicole Kimberling of Blind Eye Books & One Block Empire

Before starting Blind Eye Books, I worked as a line cook and as a bookseller for the now departed Waldenbooks. I was not a tremendously good bookstore employee. (I don’t like to alphabetize and I refused to upsell the company credit card.) However, I truly excelled at suggesting new books for readers. This was before the amazon.com algorithms had been invented so I spent a lot of my time thinking about what different kinds of readers enjoyed. That’s served me very well. Blind Eye Books titles have won several awards. To date we have three Lambda finalists and one Lambda Best Novel win. We also have a Gaylactic Spectrum Award, a Carl Brandon Parallax Award and a handful of Rainbow Awards. It’s always wonderful to win awards. It really helps authors believe more firmly in the clarity and validity of their own voices and visions.