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BOOK AWARDS

By year:

2022 Winner: Arizona Authors Association Literary Contest
         Carillon Chase - First Place Fiction
          Brotherly Love - Third Place Fiction


2022 Winner: Arizona Mystery Writers Contest
          "Free Fall" - Third place - short story

2020 Winner: Arizona Authors Association Literary Contest
          Substitute Soloist -  Third Place Fiction

2020 Silver IPPY Winner of the West/Mountain Region
          Substitute Soloist - Third Place Fiction

2019 Arizona/New Mexico Book Awards - Biography/Arizona
           Secrets of a Mariachi Violinist - First Place

2019 Readers' Favorite
           Secrets of a Mariachi Violinist - Five Stars



By book:

Carillon Chase - First Place - Arizona Authors Association Literary Contest

Brotherly Love - Third Place - Arizona Authors Association Literary Contest

Substitute Soloist - Third Place - Arizona Authors Association Literary Contest
Substitute Soloist -  Silver IPPY Winner of the West/Mountain Region 

Secrets of a Mariachi Violinist - Arizona/New Mexico Book Awards - Biography
Secrets of a Mariachi Violinist - Readers' Favorite Five Stars