Maui author Brandon Wilson's latest book, "Along the Templar Trail: Seven Million Steps for Peace" has been named a finalist in the Book of the Year Awards sponsored by Foreword Magazine, chosen from over 1,400 books from 376 independent publishers.

"Along the Templar Trail" chronicles Wilson's 2600-mile walk for peace across two continents from France to Jerusalem in 2006 as he recreated what was once the route of the First Crusades.

Wilson is also author of "Yak Butter Blues" and "Dead Men Don't Leave Tips: Adventures X Africa." His story of a year spent living in the Arctic, "Life When Hell Freezes Over," is part of the Explorers Club recent anthology, "They Lived to Tell the Tale."

Award winners will be announced at the annual BookExpo America on May 29 at the Javits Center in New York City.

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