2019 Chanticleer International Book Awards Semi-Finalists

2019 Chanticleer International Book Awards Semi-Finalists

 

Chaucer Book Awards — pre-1750s Historical Fiction


Congratulations to the following 2019 Chaucer Book Awards Semi-Finalists.

  • James Conroyd Martin — Fortune’s Child: A Novel of Empress Theodora
  • Gail Avery Halverson — The Skeptical Physick
  • Susanne Dunlap — Listen to the Wind
  • E. L. Diamond — The Wolf of God
  • Linda Cardillo — Love That Moves the Sun: Vittoria Colonna and Michelangelo Buonarotti
  • Stephanie Renee dos Santos — Cut from the Earth
  • Cryssa Bazos — Severed Knot
  • Kate Murdoch — The Orange Grove
  • June Hall McCash — Eleanor’s Daughter: A Novel of Marie de Champagne
  • James Hutson-Wiley — The Sugar Merchant
  • Alexandrea Weis — Realm
  • K.M. Pohlkamp — Shadows of Hemlock
  • Catherine Mathis — Death in Coimbra
  • Patricia J. Boomsma — The Way of Glory
  • A.L. Cleven — 26.2
  • Robert Cole — The Falcons of Gebtu
  • Anna Belfrage — The Cold Light of Dawn
  • Vince Pantalone — Incident on the Road to Canterbury

Clue Book Awards — Suspense and Thriller Fiction


Congratulations to the following 2019 Clue Book Awards Semi-Finalists.

  • J.J. Clarke — Dared to Return
  • RIP Converse — Maelstrom Part One
  • L. J. Martin — The Blue Pearl
  • Nancy Adair — RABYA
  • J.P. Kenna — Joel Emmanuel
  • J.P. Kenna — Toward a Terrible Freedom
  • Lonna Enox — Untold Agony
  • Stephen F. Frost — The Alaskan Alibi
  • Russell Heath — Rinn’s Crossing
  • John W Feist — Blind Trust
  • Liese Sherwood-Fabre — The Adventure of the Murdered Midwife
  • Marian Exall — A Splintered Step
  • Joanne Jaytanie — Salvaging Truth, Hunters & Seekers, Book 1
  • Edgar Swamp — Amber Hollow
  • Janet K. Shawgo — Legacy of Lies
  • Maureen Joyce Connolly — Little Lovely Things
  • Melodie Hernandez — Forgotten Rage
  • Chris Norbury — Straight River
  • Barb Warner Deane — And Then There Was You
  • V. & D. Povall — Jackal in the Mirror
  • Matt Witten — The Necklace
  • M. J. Simms-Maddox — Mystery in Harare
  • Michelle Cox — A Veil Removed
  • Kevin G. Chapman — Righteous Assassin: A Mike Stoneman Thriller
  • Kaylin McFarren — High Flying
  • Wally Duff — bada-BOOM!
  • Alexandrea Weis and Lucas Astor — Death by the River
  • Steve Dimeo — The Magic Cape Caper
  • Joni M Fisher — West of Famous
  • D. J. Adamson — Let Her Go
  • Kirk Millson — Serpents of Old

Dante Rossetti Book Awards — Young Adult Fiction


Congratulations to the following 2019 Dante Rossetti Book Awards Semi-Finalists.

  • Navya Sarikonda — The Enchanters’ Child
  • J.A. Roth — When The Bee Stings
  • Veronica Myers — Winter’s Progeny
  • Zachary Ryan — High School Queens
  • Julieanne Lynch — Beneath the Lighthouse
  • Jacinta Jade — Change of Darkness
  • Glen Sobey — No Fences in Alaska
  • Jan Von Schleh — But Not Forever
  • Michelle Rene — Manufactured Witches
  • Nancy Thorne — Victorian Town
  • Ted Neill — Jamhuri, Njambi & Fighting Zombies
  • A. Cort Sinnes — Quicksilver
  • Leslea Wahl — Where You Lead
  • C.R. Stewart — Britfield and the Lost Crown
  • Susan Brown — Twelve
  • Sandra L Rostirolla — Cecilia
  • Zachry Wheeler — Max and the Multiverse
  • Tom Edwards — The Honourable Catherine
  • Michael Bialys — The Chronicles of the Virago: Book I The Novus
  • David Patneaude — Fast Backward
  • John Middleton — Dillion & The Curse of Arminius

Gerturde Warner Book Awards — Middle Grade Readers — Fiction and Non-fiction


Congratulations to the following 2019 Gertrude Warner Book Awards Semi-Finalists.

  • Carolyn Watkins — The Knock…a collection of childhood memories
  • Joyce Major — The Orangutan Rescue Gang
  • Nancy McDonald — Boy from Berlin
  • B.L. Smith — Bert Mintenko and the Serious Business
  • Mobi Warren — The Bee Maker
  • Amber L. Wyss — Phoenix Rising
  • Wendy Leighton-Porter — The Shadow of the Tudor Rose
  • Sue Bough — Norman Snodgrass Saves the Green Planet
  • Kit Bakke — Dancing on the Edge
  • M.J. Evans — PINTO!
  • M.J. Evans — The Stone of Wisdom — Book 4 of the Centaur Chronicles
  • Beth Stickley — Tarnation’s Gate
  • Catherine Mallette — Don’t Ask Me
  • Wendy Leighton-Porter — The Shadow of the Volcano
  • C.R. Stewart — Britfield and the Lost Crown
  • Kay M. Bates’ — ‘B’ is for Baylee
  • Susan Brown — Sammy and the Devil Dog
  • Wendy Leighton-Porter — The Shadow of the Pyramid
  • Rey Clark — Legends of the Vale
  • Maria Ashworth — SUSHI KITTY
  • Gregory Saur — Diving Catch
  • Liana Gardner — 7th Grade Revolution
  • Trayner Bane — Windhollow and the Axe Breaker (Windhollows, Book 3)
  • Leanne M. Pankuch — Dragon’s Truth
  • Alex Paul — The Valley of Death, Book 5, Arken Freeth and the Adventure of the Neanderthals

 

The M & M Book Awards — Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem Fiction


Congratulations to the following 2019 Mystery & Mayhem Book Awards Semi-Finalists.

  • Susan Z. Ritz — A Dream to Die For
  • Michelle Cox — A Veil Removed
  • Lucy Carol — Hit That, Madison Cruz — Mystery 4
  • Mollie Hunt — Cat Cafe
  • MJ O’Neill — The Corpse Wore Stilettos
  • JL Oakley — Hilo Bay Mystery Collection
  • Kate Vale — Fateful Days
  • Henry G. Brinton — City of Peace
  • Kaylin McFarren — High Flying
  • Janet K. Shawgo — Legacy of Lies
  • Kari Bovee — Peccadillo at the Palace
  • Kari Bovee — Girl with a Gun — An Annie Oakley Mystery
  • M. J. Simms-Maddox — Mystery in Harare
  • Carolyn Haley — Killer Heart
  • Wally Duff — bada-BOOM!
  • Arlene McFarlane — Murder, Curlers & Cruises
  • Jean Rover — Ready or Not
  • Mary Seifert — Titanic Cocktail
  • M. K. Graff — Death at the Dakota: A Trudy Genova Manhattan Mystery
  • Toni Kief — Mildred In Disguise With Diamonds
  • Anna Castle — Moriarty Brings Down the House
  • Vee Kumari — Dharma, A Rekha Rao Mystery
  • Lori Roberts Herbst — An Instant Out of Time
  • Alexandrea Weis with Lucas Astor — Blackwell
  • D. J. Adamson — Let Her Go
  • Linda Hughes — Secrets of the Island
  • Jane Willan — The Hour of Death
  • Gerard Shirar — When the Rules Don’t Apply
  • Susan Lynn Solomon — Writing is Murder

 

Ozma Book Awards — Fantasy Fiction


Congratulations to the following 2019 OZMA Book Awards Semi-Finalists.

  • Timothy Vincent — Tower, Sword, Stone and Spell
  • Porter Huddleston — EL on Earth
  • Benjamin Keyworth — Superworld
  • Scott Benting — Search for the Armor of God
  • T. L. Augury — Witches Brew
  • Elana A. Mugdan — Dragon Blood
  • Alex Tremari — Dragoncast
  • Dan Zangari & Robert Zangari — A Prince’s Errand
  • Anne M. Curtis — Where Acorns Landed
  • Tim Westover — The Winter Sisters: A Novel
  • Catherine Grangaard — A Fairy’s Tails
  • KC Cowan & Sara Cole — The Hunt for Winter
  • Monique Snyman — The Night Weaver
  • Elizabeth Isaacs — The Scythian Trials
  • M. L. Doyle — The Bonding Blade
  • S.J. Hartland — The 19th Bladesman
  • Joy Ross Davis — The Singer Sisters
  • Noah Lemelson — The Sightless City
  • Alexandra Rushe — A Muddle of Magic
  • Suzie Plakson — The Return of King Lillian
  • Alex Paul — The Valley of Death, Arken Freeth and the Adventure of the Neanderthals, Book 5
  • Zoe Tasia — Kilts and Catnip
  • Mark S. Moore — Rise: Birth of a Revolution
  • Michelle Rene — Manufactured Witches
  • Susan Faw — Heart of Bastion

 

Somerset Book Awards — Literary, Contemporary, and Satire Fiction


Congratulations to the following 2019 Somerset Book Awards Semi-Finalists.

  • Leonide Martin — The Prophetic Mayan Queen: K’inuuw Mat of Palenque
  • Beth Burgmeyer — The Broken Road
  • Judith Kirscht — End of the Race
  • John Herman — The Counting of Coup
  • R. Barber Anderson — The Sunken Forest, Where the Forest Came out of the Earth
  • Domenick Venezia — Liberator Legacy
  • Larry Brill — Deja Vu All Over Again
  • Domenick Venezia — Suriname Legacy
  • Alexandrea Weis with Lucas Astor — Damned (A Magnus Blackwell Novel Book 1)
  • Donna LeClair — The Proprietor of the Theatre of Life
  • Bob Holt — Firebird
  • Gail Avery Halverson — The Skeptical Physick
  • Dd Jaseron — Wheelboys
  • Janet K Shawgo — Legacy of Lies
  • Santiago Xaman — After Olympus
  • Sara Stamey — Pause
  • Patricia Averbach — Resurrecting Rain
  • Hannah Edington Tekle — Conflict
  • C. E. Porch — From the Halls of Cuba
  • Maggie St. Claire — Martha
  • Lisa Reddick — The Same River
  • Nick Mancuso — Fever
  • Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg — The Nine
  • Claire Fullerton — Little Tea
  • Gary Driver — God Answers Science
  • Elizabeth Crowens — Dear Bernie, I’m Glad You’re Dead
  • Linda Bledsoe — Through the Needle’s Eye
  • Carl Roberts — The Trial of Connor Padget
  • Patrick Finegan — Cooperative Lives
  • Mike Murphey — Section Roads
  • Jamie Zerndt — Jerkwater
  • Prue Batten — Passage
  • Tikiri Herath — Abducted — A Red-Heeled Rebels novel
  • David B. Seaburn — Gavin Goode
  • Joanne Jaytanie — Salvaging Truth, Hunters & Seekers, Book 1