
Chained Birds wins True Crime Silver Medal in IPPY book awards
May 22, 2025I just got the wonderful news that Chained Birds: A True-Crime Memoir captured the Silver Medal in the True Crime category of the 2025 Independent Publisher Book Awards, aka the IPPY awards! π This is the second true crime book award for Chained Birds this month πππ I’d like to congratulate all the IPPY winners in ...Chained Birds wins 1st Place in True Crime from IndieBook Awards
May 14, 2025Holy moly! Chained Birds has been honored with its first “true crime” book prize thanks to the Next Generation Indie Book Awards! I was gobsmacked yesterday to find a congratulatory email from the awards program (in my spam folder, no less!) alerting me to a First Place award for my true crime memoir. I’m honored ...Chained Birds honored with 1st Place Nellie Bly Journalism Award
April 30, 2025A few weeks ago, when I traveled across the country for the Chanticleer International Book Awards in Washington State, I didn’t know the CIBAs would become my all-time favorite writer’s conference. My icing on the cake was winning a 1st Place Nellie Bly Journalism award for Chained Birds at the Saturday night, April 5, banquet. ...Chained Birds wins the Feathered Quill Debut Author Award
February 2, 2025To say that book award season has been good to Chained Birds is an understatement! I’m humbled and honored that Chained Birds has been chosen as the 2025 Gold/1st Place winner by the Feathered Quill Book Awards Program for the Debut Author category. At the time of this blog post, the finalists for this award and ...Chained Birds short-listed for CIBA’s 2024 Nellie Bly Book Awards
January 23, 2025I am ecstatic to report that Chained Birds has been short-listed for CIBA’s 2024 Nellie Bly Book Awards! So naturally, I’ve done a deep dive into all things Nellie Bly β¦ get ready for a primer. π Sponsored by the Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs), this award recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding ...Chained Birds ends 2024 with a makeover and some book awards
December 30, 2024I’m not sure which is more exciting β getting a trio of book prizes for Chained Birds or my new gorgeous cover with a shiny fresh award sticker … do I have to choose? I’ll tackle my prizes first and say I have a lot of love for BestThrillers.com, Independent Book Review, and Literary Titan. I’ve ...