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