{{short description|American publishing company}} {{Infobox publisher | founded = 1988 | founder = Diana Lindsay | country = United States | headquarters = El Cajon, California | publications = Books, maps | url = {{URL|http://www.sunbeltbook.com}} }}
'''Sunbelt Publications''' is an American publication company that was incorporated in 1988. The company publishes and distributes multi-language pictorials, natural science and outdoor guidebooks, and regional references.<ref name = ECM>{{cite web|last=Hall|first=Walter|title=Sunbelt Celebrates 25 Years of Ink and Imagination|url=http://eastcountymagazine.org/node/2569|publisher=East County Magazine|accessdate=May 30, 2012}}</ref> The company is located in El Cajon, California.<ref name = ECM/>
==History== Diana and Lowell Lindsay founded Sunbelt Books with the goal of publishing books about the natural world.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lindsay|first=Diana & Lowell|title=Anza-Borrego Desert Region: 5th Edition|year=2006|publisher=Wilderness Press|location=Berkeley, CA|isbn=9780899974002|pages=302|url=http://www.sunbeltbook.com/BookDetails.asp?id=450}}</ref> The Anza-Borrego Desert was the subject for Diana Lindsay's master's thesis, and she subsequently published it as a book entitled ''Our Historic Desert'' (1973) through Copley Books.<ref name="ECM"/>
==Awards== *''Courage to Heal'' – Theodor S. Geisel Award 2007, San Diego Book Awards * ''Courage to Heal'' – Historical Fiction, 2007 San Diego Book Awards *''Palm Springs Legends: Creation of a Desert Oasis'' – 2012 Craft Awards, Outdoor Writers Association of California<ref>[http://owac.org/2012-craft-awards-winners/ OWAC 2012 Craft Awards: Book (other than travel or guidebook)]</ref>
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Category:Book publishing companies based in California Category:Small press publishing companies Category:Companies based in El Cajon, California Category:Publishing companies established in 1973 Category:1973 establishments in California
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