A New York Collage
Honorable Mention
2024 Hollywood Book Festival

Virginia Encinas Escandor When a nurse manager from radiology department at St. Thomas More Hospital was murdered, it will be up to two detectives from NYPD to solve the case. As Lieutenant Tim Reilly and Sergeant Ron Timmons investigate, the crime appears to be one of revenge. And as further clues come to light, no…

Luca Meets Sonny
Honorable mention
2024 New York Book Festival

Roseanne Critelli Luca lives in Brooklyn with his owner, and when she’s not around, he gets lonely. His owner, Marisa, surprises Luca with a new friend, Sonny. Luca isn’t sure he likes to share his owner and his home with Sonny. Do they become friends and learn how to share, or will Sonny be a…

The Name I Choose
Winner
2024 Hollywood Book Festival

Holly Brough A young woman in 19th-century Spain faces male-dominant suppression. Though Amalia is resilient and resourceful, she realizes the only way out of her situation is to forgive herself and those who’ve hurt her to accept the grace of an unlikely ally.

CLIMATE DRAGON
Winner
2024 Hollywood Book Festival

S. W. Lawrence, MD Newly minted engineering professor Jake Harper and physician Abbey London operate Dragonfly Inn outside of Washington, D.C., where Jake chances upon information about an imminent attack on a major generating plant and Abbey confronts a novel, deadly virus infecting drug users in the Capital.

What It Takes to Kill a Bull Moose
Honorable Mention
2024 Hollywood Book Festival

Michael Fedor Former Senator Jackson Piper, humiliated by a national defeat, is drawn from his quiet retreat in the Colorado Rockies by a plot to hijack the 2044 presidential election. After corrupt parties close off his path to run to stop them, he resurrects the Bull Moose Party to pursue the White House. Piper soon…

The Killing of a Shadow
Honorable Mention
2024 Hollywood Book Festival

Name: JF Hilley Staff Sergeant Alexandra Foster, a small-town girl from Missouri, arrives for deployment to Kabul, Afghanistan. She makes new friends and enemies but most of all she faces the reality that not everyone in the world is free. The torture, rape, and murder of young women in the country are rising due to…

U-BOAT 931 ATTACK ON AMERICA
Honorable Mention
2024 Hollywood Book Festival

Ian T GWILLIAMS March 1944, Nazi Germany needs to turn the tide of the war. Ahron Roth, captain of submarine U931, is ordered by Himmler to transport two SS officers and a new ‘super weapon’ to America. The Atlantic crossing is full of dangers, from air and sea. Roth, battling both the enemy and the…

Dreamsville: Henry Mancini, Peter Gunn & Music for TV Noir
Winner
2024 Hollywood Book Festival

Jon Burlingame Marking the centennial of composer Henry Mancini, journalist Jon Burlingame delves into the backstory of TV’s “Peter Gunn” and how its chart-topping modern-jazz score launched Mancini’s remarkable career — as well as his long professional relationship with filmmaker Blake Edwards (“Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” “The Pink Panther”).

The Adventures of Nicky and Charlie
Honorable mention
2024 Hollywood Book Festival

Sarah Grace This story is about two young brothers who beat the heat on a lazy summer day by using their imaginations to travel to fantastic lands as they transport through a magical sprinkler.

The Dream Collector, Book I
Honorable mention
2024 Hollywood Book Festival

Ronald Meek n 1886 Paris, Julie Forette forms a friendship with young Sigmund Freud. Together they discover the hidden power of hypnosis and learn to interpret the subconscious desires laden in dreams. Julie collects from many of the major 19th Century artists, including Van Gogh, their one unforgettable, soul-defining dream.