For the Reader

Happy New Year! 🎉

2022 has been an amazing year for this author. Honored with a slew of awards for both RISING STAR and BURNING BRIGHT, I end the year feeling incredible grateful. Thank you to all you readers who support me in my writing. Buying, reading and reviewing my books have made it possible for me to continue writing. I’m thrilled that FALLING STAR, the final book in THE RISE AND FALL OF DANI TRUEHART young adult trilogy will be published in 2023. I’m excited for you to find out where Dani’s adventures in pop music lead her. It is truly bittersweet wrapping up the series I’ve spent over ten years creating.

But won’t be saying goodbye to Dani, Martin and all the rest just yet.

The new year brings new opportunities for this author. In addition to putting the final touches on FALLING STAR, I will be finishing my television treatment for the Dai Truehart trilogy. I’d love nothing more than for streaming audiences around the world to fall in love with Dani on Netflix.

I also have a fun middle grade book in the works and the framework for a comedic contemporary adult novel. Though these new projects might not be young adult books, I hope you’ll give them a chance. 

Wishing you and yours health, happiness and prosperity in 2023. Don’t forget to shine brightly because no one shines just like you.

Happy New Year 🎉

OH and if you were curious, here’s the list of awards… J

ROYAL DRAGONFLY AWARDS

1st Place – General Fiction

Burning Bright Book Two of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

2nd Place – General Fiction

Rising Star Book One of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

1st Place TIE – Young Adult Fiction

Burning Bright Book Two of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

AND

Rising Star Book One of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

2nd Place – Fiction: Novel

Burning Bright Book Two of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

Honorable Mention – Fiction: Novel

Rising Star Book One of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

2nd Place – General Fiction

Rising Star Book One of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

AMERICAN WRITING AWARDS

Winner – Performing Arts

Rising Star Book One of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

Finalist – Best New (Debut) Fiction

AND

Finalist – Fiction – General

Rising Star Book One of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS

Finalist – Young Adult Fiction

Rising Star Book One of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

THE INDEPENDENT AUTHOR NETWORK BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS (IAN)

Finalist – First Novel (Over 80,000 Words) 

AND

Finalist – General Fiction

Rising Star Book One of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

AMERICAN FICTION AWARDS

Finalist – General Fiction

AND

Finalist – Young Adult Fiction

Rising Star Book One of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

Dante Rossetti Book Award for Young Fiction (Competition Still On-Going)

Short List

Rising Star Book One of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

AND

Burning Bright Book Two of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

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