Awards for The Rise & Fall Of Dani Truehart Series

2025

Independent Press Award

Distinguished Favorite – Teen
Burning Bright Book Two of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

2024

Fall BookFest Award

First Place – Fiction, YA Family
First Place – Fiction, Girls & Women
First Place – Fiction, YA Literary & Coming of Age
Falling Star Book Three of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

Independent Press Award

Winner – Teen
Rising Star Book One of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

NYC Big Book Award

Distinguished Favorite – Teen
Falling Star Book Three of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

2023

Spring BookFest Award

First Place – Fiction, YA Family
First Place – Book Series – YA
Burning Bright Book Two of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

NYC Big Book Award

Winner – Teen
Burning Bright Book Two of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

Distinguished Favorite – Teen
Rising Star Book One of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

Independent Author Network Book of the Year Award (IAN)

Winner – Young Adult/Teen/New Adult
Falling Star Book Three of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

Pencraft Seasonal Book Awards

Pencraft Annual Book Awards

Second Place Winner Young Adult General
Rising Star Book One of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

Runner Up Best Young Adult General
Burning Bright Book Two of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

Independent Excellence Awards

Finalist – Best Performing Arts Book
Falling Star Book Three of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

Finalist – Best Book in Teen Fiction
Falling Star Book Three of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

Canadian Book Awards

Young Adult Finalist
Falling Star Book Three of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

Eric Hoffer Awards

Hawthorne Prize

Short List
Falling Star Book Three of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

2022

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

Finalist – General Fiction
Rising Star Book One of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

American Fiction Awards

Finalist – General Fiction
Rising Star Book One of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

Finalist – Young Adult 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
Rising Star Book One of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

Finalist – Fiction – General
Rising Star Book One of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

Finalist – Young Adult
Rising Star Book One of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

Royal Dragonfly Awards

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

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

Chanticleer International Dante Rossetti Book Award for Young Fiction

Semi-Finalist
Burning Bright Book Two of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart

Chanticleer International Dante Rossetti Book Award for Young Fiction

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

2021

Best Book Awards

Finalist – Young Adult
Rising Star Book One of The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart