AWARDS
The Islander
NYC Big Book Award-Winner (Novella)
IAN Book Awards Finalist
Literary Titan Gold Award
Paris Book Festival Honoree
American Book Fest Award Finalist
Page Turner Award Finalist
Hawthorne Prize Finalist
Readers' Choice Award, Finalist
Chicago Writers Association Finalist
A Well-Respected Man
Society of Midland Authors, 2019, Adult Fiction Honoree
Independent Author Network, Finalist, Literary/General Fiction
October Song
American Book Fest, Book of the Year Finalist, 2017
Any Road Will Take You There
Eric Hoffer Book Award, Grand Prize Finalist
Chicago Writers Association, Book of the Year Award, (indie Nonfiction)
Accidental Lessons
Royal Dragonfly Grand Prize for Literature
There's a Hamster in the Dashboard
Chicago Book Review—Best Books of Year, 2015