Packt Publishing has announced its first ever Author of the Year award. The award will be given to the author or authors of one book published by Packt in 2008.

Packt is aggressively promoting Drupal by publishing numerous books, and 2008 was clearly a watershed year for Drupal books. Here's a list of Drupal books and authors that are eligible for the award (in the order Packt's search engine returned them):

• Drupal Multimedia by Aaron Winborn
• Drupal for Education and E-Learning by Bill Fitzgerald
• Learning Drupal 6 Module Development by Matt Butcher
• Drupal 6 Themes by Ric Shreves
• Drupal 6 Site Builder Solutions by Mark Noble
• Building Powerful and Robust Websites with Drupal 6 by David Mercer

Packt is asking the community to vote for their favorite authors. The top four authors' works will be submitted to a panel of judges who will select the winner.

Go vote and show Packt that their Drupal emphasis is appreciated.