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carlajeanconti

Carla is the award-winning author of CHAINED BIRDS: A TRUE CRIME MEMOIR, a story of a wrongful conviction, inmate abuse, & prison gang hit orders.

🎊🏆🏆🏆🎊 Love my Indie Book Awards❣️ I feel like a triple 👑 winner this month thanks to 3 #TRUECRIME #BOOKAWARDS given to #ChainedBirds from @indie_reader, @indiebookawards & @IPPYAwards 🫶 Many ecstatic thanks to all judges & program editors for these esteemed honors, and congrats to all my fellow winners & medalists 🎗️🏅

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#CarlaConti @wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press

🥳 🏆📚 In honor of @indie_reader naming #Ch

🥳 🏆📚 In honor of @indie_reader naming #ChainedBirds their 2025 #TRUECRIME BOOK AWARD WINNER this week, I'm posting an excerpt from IRDA's "verdict blurb." The contest judge called my book "raw and unflinching," and said, "this impactful read lingers long after the final page." 😭😭😭 Congrats again to all my fellow sub-category winners, and especially to those who took top honors in the fiction and nonfiction categories 🥳👏

@wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press #TrueCrime #Memoir #AwardWinningBooks #CarlaConti
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🎊🏆🏆🏆🎊 Love my Indie Book Awards❣️ I feel like a triple 👑 winner this month thanks to 3 #TRUECRIME #BOOKAWARDS given to #ChainedBirds from @indie_reader, @indiebookawards & @IPPYAwards 🫶 Many ecstatic thanks to all judges & program editors for these esteemed honors, and congrats to all my fellow winners & medalists 🎗️🏅

https://bit.ly/4joLeyo

#CarlaConti @wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press

🏆🎉Holy guacamole! @indie_reader just named #

🏆🎉Holy guacamole! @indie_reader just named #ChainedBirds its 2025 top #TRUECRIME BOOK AWARD WINNER, and I'm over the 🌚 ‼️ (Also impressed I kept this secret for more than a week 😱) Thank you, judges, for giving my book its 3rd #TrueCrimeBookAward this month. 🫶 Congrats to all winners & especially those taking the top fiction and nonfiction honors 👏🥳

https://carlajeanconti.com/chained-birds-wins-top-true-crime-book-award-from-indiereader/

#CarlaConti #IndieReaderAwards #IndieReaderAwards25 @wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press

🥳📚👏 I love that my Reviewer of the Week,

🥳📚👏 I love that my Reviewer of the Week, Kathleen Riggs, says #ChainedBirds is "remarkable" and "gripping" and "reads like a thriller‼️" She calls it an "immensely powerful book on gangs and the American prison system ..." Many thanks, KR, and to all who've rated & reviewed the book— it means THE WORLD TO ME! Who will be the next featured reviewer? 😍🙏❣️

@wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press #TrueCrime #Memoir #AwardWinningBooks #CarlaConti

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🏆🎉 Woot woot! I learned last night that #Cha

🏆🎉 Woot woot! I learned last night that #ChainedBirds is a 2025 #TrueCrime SILVER MEDAL WINNER in the @IPPYAwards ‼️ I'm so amazed and grateful! Thank you judges for this thrilling honor & congratulations to all the book award winners and my fellow category medalists! 🙏🥹

https://bit.ly/43aU8uJ

#IPPYAwards #IPPYAwards25 #CarlaConti @wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press

🏆 📚 🥳 Still pinching myself over Chained

🏆 📚 🥳 Still pinching myself over Chained Birds' TRUE CRIME FIRST PLACE honor, and still grateful to @indiebookawards‼️ Thank you, judges, for shining a light on #ChainedBirds and helping me share it with the 🌎 🙏 🥹

@wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press #CarlaConti #IndieBookAwards #IndieBookAwards25

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🥳📚👏 Here's a shout-out to Netgalley's J K

🥳📚👏 Here's a shout-out to Netgalley's J Kromrie as my Reviewer of the Week! Kromrie calls #ChainedBirds a 5-⭐️ "gripping and evocative MUST READ" for those interested in #truecrime, social justice, or memoirs.‼️ Many thanks, JK, and to all who've rated & reviewed the book— it means THE WORLD TO ME! Who will be the next featured reviewer? 😍🙏❣️

@wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press #TrueCrime #Memoir #AwardWinningBooks #CarlaConti

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‼️ 📚🕵️ Attention #Philly crime writers

‼️ 📚🕵️ Attention #Philly crime writers and fans! Join the Sisters in Crime Delaware Valley meeting this Saturday to hear Leslie Maxwell talk about the federal Pre-sentence Investigation Reports that affect how much prison time a judge gives inmates. Leslie will speak about the challenges in compiling these PSRs and the imposition of appropriate sentences. Her talk begins at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 17 at the Tredyffrin Public Library at 582 Upper Gulf Road, Strafford, PA 19087, following the business meeting at 10:15.

@tredylibrary

‼️ 📚 #BookGiveaway Alert! There's still tim

‼️ 📚 #BookGiveaway Alert! There's still time to enter ... 2 lucky winners get these 🔟 #NonfictionBooks & a Grand Prize winner gets an autographed copy of #THEWAGER (a fantastic read!) by @david_grann (one of my all-time favorite authors!) 😱 I'm so jazzed that #ChainedBirds is among these titles! The @BookSweeps contest ends May 18. Good luck, everyone! 🤞 Enter at the 🔗👇

https://bit.ly/44HN7mc

@wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press #TrueCrime #TrueCrimeBooks #Nonfiction #CarlaConti #BooksWorthReading @andrewd.kaufman @RachelintheOC

🏆😭🎉 Holy smokes! #ChainedBirds is a 2025

🏆😭🎉 Holy smokes! #ChainedBirds is a 2025 #TrueCrime FIRST PLACE WINNER in the @indiebookawards‼️ I'm gobsmacked! And to top it off the awards reception is in my #Philly hometown! I have a special shout-out to my wonderful editor @rowe_carenen who's mentioned in the write-up 🥹 Thank you judges for this thrilling honor & congratulations to my co-winner and all the finalists! 🙏

https://www.indiebookawards.com/winners.php?year=2025

@wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press #CarlaConti #indiebookawards

‼️ 📚🕵️ Attention #Philly crime writers

‼️ 📚🕵️ Attention #Philly crime writers and fans! Join the Sisters in Crime Delaware Valley meeting this Saturday to hear Leslie Maxwell talk about the federal Pre-sentence Investigation Reports that affect how much prison time a judge gives inmates. Leslie will speak about the challenges in compiling these PSRs and the imposition of appropriate sentences. Her talk begins at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 17 at the Tredyffrin Public Library at 582 Upper Gulf Road, Strafford, PA 19087, following the business meeting at 10:15.

@tredylibrary

🥳📚👏 Here's a shout-out to GoodReads bookw

🥳📚👏 Here's a shout-out to GoodReads bookworm Louise Gray as my Reviewer of the Week! She was impacted by the "terrifying reality of the penal system," i.e. prison gangs who issued hit orders against the subject of #ChainedBirds‼️ Many thanks, Louise, and to all who've rated & reviewed it— it means THE WORLD TO ME! Who will be the next featured reviewer? 😍🙏❣️

@wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press #TrueCrime #Memoir #AwardWinningBooks #CarlaConti

https://bit.ly/4e0C2O8

‼️ 📚 #BookGiveaway Alert! 2 lucky winners g

‼️ 📚 #BookGiveaway Alert! 2 lucky winners get these 🔟 #NonfictionBooks & a Grand Prize winner gets an autographed copy of #THEWAGER (a fantastic read!) by @david_grann (one of my all-time favorite authors!)😱 I'm so jazzed that #ChainedBirds is among these titles! The @BookSweeps contest ends May 18. Good luck, everyone! 🤞 Enter at the 🔗👇

https://bit.ly/44HN7mc

@wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press #TrueCrime #TrueCrimeBooks #Nonfiction #CarlaConti #BooksWorthReading @andrewd.kaufman @RachelintheOC

🥳📚👏 So proud to have this 5-⭐️ #Chain

🥳📚👏 So proud to have this 5-⭐️ #ChainedBirds review by my first Canadian reader! The review says, "Carla's gift for narrative non-fiction will reel you in!" ‼️ 😭😭 Many thanks, littlewren, and to all who've rated & reviewed my book — it means THE WORLD TO ME! Who will be the next featured reviewer? 😍🙏❣️

@wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press #TrueCrime #Memoir #AwardWinningBooks #CarlaConti

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🏅📚🎉 Shout out to the #CIBA writers confer

🏅📚🎉 Shout out to the #CIBA writers conference in Bellingham, WA for THE BEST workshops, speakers & food anywhere! I'm so proud of my 1st Place Nellie Bly Journalism award for #ChainedBirds — thank you #CAC25! 🙏🥹

https://bit.ly/3RDIAto

@ChantiReviews #CarlaConti #TrueCrime #Journalism @WildBluePress @WBPTrueCrime

🎙️📚🕵️‍♀️ Many thanks to the hos

🎙️📚🕵️‍♀️ Many thanks to the hosts of 2 new #TrueCrime #Podcasts for having me on to talk about #ChainedBirds. In both pods we discuss how prison gangs & C.O.s sometimes work in tandem for violence control & how this also leads to corruption and abuse. Check out my recap of these new episodes in the 🔗👇

https://carlajeanconti.com/carla-contis-chained-birds-is-featured-on-two-new-true-crime-podcasts/

@truecrimegarage @santanatruecrime @santanabrotherstruecrime @wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press @pcast_ol @cberardino

‼️ 📚 #BookGiveaway Alert! 2 lucky winners g

‼️ 📚 #BookGiveaway Alert! 2 lucky winners get these 🔟 #NonfictionBooks & a Grand Prize winner gets an autographed copy of #THEWAGER (a fantastic read!) by @david_grann (one of my all-time favorite authors!)😱 I'm so jazzed that #ChainedBirds is among these titles! The @BookSweeps contest ends May 18. Good luck, everyone! 🤞 Enter at the 🔗👇

https://bit.ly/44HN7mc

@wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press #TrueCrime #TrueCrimeBooks #Nonfiction #CarlaConti #BooksWorthReading
@andrewd.kaufman @RachelintheOC

‼️ 📚 #BookGiveaway Alert! There's still tim

‼️ 📚 #BookGiveaway Alert! There's still time to enter before the April 20 deadline ... 2 lucky winners get these 🔟 #PsychologicalThrillerBooks & a Grand Prize winner gets an autographed copy of #GONEGIRL by @thegillianflynn ‼️ Are you kidding me? 😱 I'm SO excited #ChainedBirds is among these titles! The #booksweeps contest 🔗 is👇 Good luck, everyone! 🤞

https://bit.ly/3RpBFne

@wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press @mark_hacker_author @cherannwright #TrueCrime #CarlaConti #PsychologicalThrillers #BooksWorthReading #ThrillerBooks #ThrillerBookRec #ThrillerBookLover #Thrillers #Bookstagram @kimwilson6445

📚 🪅 #PHILLY #BOOKFEST ALERT ‼️ C'mon out

📚 🪅 #PHILLY #BOOKFEST ALERT ‼️ C'mon out today to the Skippack Local Author Book Fest at the Victorian Carriage Shops! Mingle with & get signed books from local Philly & suburban authors from 11-4 p.m. I'll have plenty of hardcover and paperback copies of #ChainedBirds — stop by and say hi! 📚 🪅

#CarlaConti #truecrime @wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press @jenniferlanewrites
#bookfestival #bookfest #authors #literaryevents #thingstodoinPA
#Montcohappening #SkippackBookFest #PennsylvaniaReads

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