People often ask what awards and recognitions my books have received, so here’s a partial list. Except where noted, these books are novels.
The Art of Saying Goodbye
Selected as an “Okra Pick” by the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) – a program that singles out books of special interest from hundreds published each season
SIBA Book of the Year Award nominee -2012
Safe Passage
Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club Selection
Made into a feature film of the same name, starring Susan Sarandon and Sam Shepard
Festival in Fire Season
Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club Selection
The Value of Kindness (short stories)
Winner of the Willa Cather Fiction Prize
Takedown (teen novel)
Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Award Finalist
Holiday Miracles: A Christmas/Hannukah Story
Named to Publishers Weekly “Recommended Holiday Reading” List
Riggs Park
Chosen for launch of Next, a line of women’s fiction
Daughters of the Sea
Reviewer’s Choice Book of the Year Award Nominee, RT BookReviews
Over 50’s Singles Night
Madcap Award for Romantic Comedy
Raspberry Sherbet Kisses
Reviewer’s Choice Book of the Year Award Nominee, RT BookReviews