Steve Snyder

Steve graduated from UCLA with a B.A. degree in Economics and has lived in Seal Beach, California since 1972. After 36 years in national sales and sales management, he retired from Vision Service Plan (VSP) in 2009.

Soon after retirement, Steve began his quest to learn more about the World War II experiences of his father, pilot Howard Snyder, and his crew of the B-17, Susan Ruth. It became his passion, and 4 ½ years of dedicated research resulted in the book, Shot Down, which has won 13 book awards since being released in August 2014.

One result of his new career as a World War II historian is that he is a member of numerous World War II organizations and is President of the 306th Bomb Group Historical Association.

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SHOT DOWN: The true story of pilot Howard Snyder and the crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth

Non-Fiction/History/Military/World War II/Aviation

The dramatic experiences about each member of a B-17 bomber crew after their plane was knocked out of the sky by German fighters over Belgium, and about the Belgian citizens who risked their lives to help them.

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Shot Down Awards

2016 National Indie Excellence Awards - Winner - History - US
2016 National Indie Excellence Awards - Winner - Military Non-Fiction
2016 Beverly Hills Book Awards - Winner Non-Fiction Military
2016 Global Ebook Awards - Silver Medal Winner Non-Fiction Military
2015 Books and Authors Book of the Year  - Winner Non-Fiction Military
2015 Next Generation Indie Book Awards - Winner Military
2015 International Book Awards - Winner History: General
2015 Readers' Favorite Book Awards - Gold Medal Winner Non-Fiction Historical
2015 Kindle Book Awards - Finalist Non-Fiction
2015 Next Generation Indie Book Awards - Finalist Historical Non-fiction
2015 Independent Publisher Book Awards - Silver Medalist History (U.S.)
2015 Independent Author Network (IAN) Book of the Year Awards - Outstanding Non-Fiction (General)
2015 Independent Author Network (IAN) Book of the Year Awards - Second Place Winner
2015 NABE Spring Pinnacle Book Achievement Awards - Best Books Military 
2015 Nonfiction Book Awards - Bronze Medal
2015 eLit Awards - Gold Medal History
2014 Foreword Reviews' INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards - Finalist War & Military
2014 USA Best Book Awards - Finalist History: General
2014 USA Best Book Awards - Finalist History: Military
2014 Southern California Book Festival - Honorable Mention General Non-Fiction
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Book Reviews 

Argunners Militaria & War History Magazine
Aviation Book Reviews
Battles and Book Reviews
BlueInk
Cooperstown Crier 
European Center of Military History
Foreword Reviews
IPMS/USA Reviews
Midwest Book Review
Publishers Weekly
Reader's Favorite Book Reviews
Warbirds News
War History Online
World War II Today
Warbird Watcher

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