<p><b>2022 Grand Prize Finalist for The Eric Hoffer Award</b></p><p><b>2022 NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite </b></p><p><b>2022 Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite </b></p><p><b>2022 First Horizon Award Finalist </b></p><p><b>2022 International Book Award Finalist: Nonfiction Cross-Genre </b></p><p><b>An inspirational story about taking a chance, following your vision, and thriving in one of the US’s wildest emerging industries, 2022 Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite <i>Unconventional</i> profiles Jamie Andrea Garzot’s journey as one of California’s legal cannabis industry pioneers.</b></p><p>Jamie Andrea Garzot was one of the least likely people to become a cannabis entrepreneur, advocate, and industry pioneer. She had no business background. She was not involved in politics. She had only a four-figure capital investment to start with. And, surprisingly, she had very limited experience with cannabis products. So ho