The Read: Local author wins Christopher

Cardiff writer Eric Blehm has won an annual Christopher Award for his book “Fearless,” about a Navy SEAL killed in Afghanistan in 2010.

The awards, first presented in 1949, recognize books, films and TV programs that affirm “the highest values of the human spirit.” They are given out by the Christophers, a New York-based nonprofit organization rooted in what it calls “the Judeo-Christian tradition of service to God and humanity.”

Blehm’s book, one of 19 projects honored this year, tells the story of Adam Brown, who overcame drug addiction and petty crime to be a SEAL. The husband and father of two was killed during an assault on an enemy compound in the Hindu Kush Mountains.

Other 2013 Christopher winners include the film “Lincoln, an episode of “60 Minutes” about the world’s only all-black orchestra, and “Wonder,” R.J. Palacio’s children’s book about a bullied fifth-grader with a facial deformity.

“The creative forces behind the projects we’re honoring are improving our culture by telling stories that awaken hope instead of despair, acknowledge the necessity of sacrifice in the service of a greater good, and light a candle rather than curse the darkness,” said Tony Rossi, the Christophers’ director of communications.

The awards, which come with a bronze medallion, will be presented May 23 in New York.

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