ors ▁books ▁that ▁des erve ▁greater ▁recognition ▁from ▁the ▁film , ▁television , ▁video ▁g aming ▁and ▁multimedia ▁communities . ▁The ▁book ▁festival ▁is ▁the ▁only ▁publishing ▁festival ▁ge ared ▁toward ▁adapt ing ▁print ▁into ▁different ▁media . ▁ ▁The ▁Hollywood ▁Book ▁Festival , ▁which ▁includes ▁an ▁awards ▁ceremony ▁and ▁day time ▁festival , ▁has ▁been ▁in ▁existence ▁since ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁That ▁year , ▁author ▁Henry ▁Ba um ' s ▁North ▁of ▁Sun set , ▁a ▁g ri pping ▁s aga ▁of ▁murder , ▁may hem ▁and ▁double - cross ing ▁set ▁in ▁the ▁Hollywood ▁landscape , ▁took ▁home ▁the ▁competition ' s ▁top ▁prize , ▁which ▁he ▁accepted ▁before ▁a ▁pack ed ▁house ▁at ▁the ▁Tang ier ▁restaurant ▁in ▁Hollywood . ▁ ▁Among ▁that ▁evening ' s ▁highlight s ▁was ▁a ▁reading ▁by ▁author , ▁actress ▁and ▁music ian ▁Pam ela ▁Des ▁Bar res , ▁best ▁known ▁for ▁her ▁top - s elling ▁book , ▁I ’ m ▁With ▁The ▁Band . ▁ ▁Other ▁w inners ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁include ▁Up ▁Up ▁and ▁O y ▁V ey ▁by ▁ ▁Sim cha ▁Wein stein , ▁a ▁study ▁of ▁Jewish ▁super ▁hero es ▁and ▁their ▁cre ators ▁that ▁won ▁the ▁non - f iction ▁category ; ▁Marcel lo ▁The ▁Movie ▁Mouse ▁by ▁L iz ▁H ock inson ▁and ▁Kath ry n ▁Ot oshi , ▁a ▁tale ▁of ▁a ▁fur ry ▁fan ▁of ▁f lick s ▁and ▁the ▁winner ▁of ▁the ▁children ' s ▁book ▁category ; ▁and