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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.

📣🎉Shout out to @nationalindieexcellenceaward

📣🎉Shout out to @nationalindieexcellenceawards for giving #ChainedBirds its 4th #TrueCrime book award this spring! 🏆🏆🏆🏆 I'm so honored to be a category finalist and share the spotlight with my fellow crime-writing prize winners! Congrats to all #NIEA2025 winners and finalists! 🙌🥳

#CarlaConti @wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press

https://bit.ly/4joLeyo

🥳📚👏 Shout out to my Reviewer of the Week,

🥳📚👏 Shout out to my Reviewer of the Week, book blogger and Netgalley reviewer Kayleigh Annaleise (aka xthrashbaby), who called #ChainedBirds "riveting and entertaining!" She said my journalism background influenced the flow, and that anyone interested in #TrueCrime should get their hands on my book! Many thanks, KA, 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 #Memoir #AwardWinningBooks #CarlaConti

https://bit.ly/4e0C2O8

🥳📚🏆Thank you, thank you @nationalindieexc

🥳📚🏆Thank you, thank you @nationalindieexcellenceawards for naming #ChainedBirds a #TrueCrime finalist in this year's book awards! I'm honored to share the spotlight with my fellow crime writers, and congratulate the winner and other finalists on this career achievement‼️🙌🎉

@wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press #CarlaConti

https://carlajeanconti.com/

📚✍️ 🙌 Many thanks to @indie_reader for t

📚✍️ 🙌 Many thanks to @indie_reader for this new author interview about #ChainedBirds, which they named as their 2025 #TRUECRIME BOOK AWARD WINNER 🥳🏆… I'm so honored for the spotlight 🫶 and congratulate all my fellow category winners and those taking the top prizes in fiction and nonfiction this year 👏🎉

https://bit.ly/4kH6u3S

#CarlaConti #IndieReaderAwards #IndieReaderAwards25 @wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press

🥳📚 My glowing #MidwestBookReview said the sn

🥳📚 My glowing #MidwestBookReview said the snowball that launched the events exposed in #ChainedBirds was an EXPLODING SUPERNOVA 🪐💥‼️ and that the book reads like fiction but is "delivered with the one-two punch of reality." Let me know if you agree—I'd love to feature you as one of my REVIEWERS OF THE WEEK 🙌🎉

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

📚 ✍️ 🙌 Shoutout to my fellow author-blog

📚 ✍️ 🙌 Shoutout to my fellow author-blogger @christinaboyd_writes for interviewing me about #ChainedBirds, writing #TrueCrime and much more, & featuring our bookish Q-A on her blog this week! Thank you, Christina! 🥳 🙏 🤩

https://bit.ly/4e0EKVA

🥳📚👏 So proud to have this 5-⭐️ #Chain

🥳📚👏 So proud to have this 5-⭐️ #ChainedBirds review by GoodReads bookworm Rose! She said I keep readers INVESTED with the story's engaging characters, and that at times the legal battles seem "senseless." (I know 🥺) Many thanks, Rose, 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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🍿🎬 I want to thank @indiebookawards for maki

🍿🎬 I want to thank @indiebookawards for making me learn how to create a #booktrailer for #ChainedBirds 😂 Trailers like mine will appear during the Philadelphia book award reception June 27, where I'm excited to be recognized as a #TrueCrime category winner 🎉🥹

Not sure I'll ever create an Insta format to post here, so you can check it out on my blog ... (Spammers take note: This is NOT an invite for services to make better videos for me‼️)

https://carlajeanconti.com/sneak-peek-for-chained-birds-book-award-video-trailer/

@wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press #CarlaConti #IndieBookAwards #IndieBookAwards25

🎊🏆🏆🏆🎊 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

🥳 🏆📚 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

https://bit.ly/4e0C2O8

🏆🎉 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

https://bit.ly/3FhG9dj

🥳📚👏 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

https://bit.ly/4e0C2O8

‼️ 📚🕵️ 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

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Carla Conti

Carla Conti is a true crime journalist, storyteller, and prison reform advocate. Her debut book, Chained Birds: A True Crime Memoir of Justice, Survival and Redemption Behind Bars, is out now with WildBlue Press.

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