Below The Radar the screenplay makes the quarter finals in the Emerging Screenwriters Awards.
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Dana is pleased to announce that her third novel, Below the Radar, has won the 2021 Feathered Quill Book Awards Gold/First Place award for best Adult Fiction. The novel also won the Silver/Second place in the Mystery category.
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Below The Radar receives a Readers' Favorite 5 Star Review and Wins the 2020 Gold Medal for Best Thriller/Terrorist Novel.
Dana is honored to announce that Below The Radar not only received a Readers' Favorite 5 star review, but the novel also took first place for best novel in the Thriller/Terrorist category. Readers' Favorite is one of the largest book review and award contest sites on the Internet. They have earned the respect of renowned publishers like Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Harper Collins, and have received the "Best Websites for Authors" and "Honoring Excellence" awards from the Association of Independent Authors. To read the review, please click the link below
Below The Radar Awarded the 2019 Hal Bernard Memorial Award for Best Novel at the Southeastern Writers Conference.
Beyond The Cabin wins the 2018 Royal Palm Literary Award for Best Thriller!
The Baby Jesus Thief, wins two awards presented by the Southeastern Writers Association
Dana is thrilled to announce that her short story, The Baby Jesus Thief, won two awards at the recent Southeastern Writers Association Workshop. The story received the Award for Excellence in Inspirational Writing sponsored and presented by Mary Stripling. The story also won the Angel Award for Holiday Seasonal Writing sponsored by Lee and Emily Sue Harvey and presented by Dawn Burr.
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Beyond The Cabin won the Bronze/3rd Place award in the 2018 Feathered Quill Book Awards Program for the Mystery category!
Feathered Quill Book Awards Judges' Comments:
"Excellent thriller that kept my attention throughout the entire story. The writing was descriptive and the characters well developed. The covers grabbed my attention and both the front and back scored perfect 10s. Well done!"
"Excellent thriller that kept my attention throughout the entire story. The writing was descriptive and the characters well developed. The covers grabbed my attention and both the front and back scored perfect 10s. Well done!"
Dana is thrilled to announce that her new novel, Beyond The Cabin, won it's first literary award: The Hal Bernard Award for best novel, presented by the Southeastern Writers Association. Dana was in attendance and accepted the award from H. W. "Buzz" Bernard, an award winning author himself and son of Hal Bernard.
Beyond The Cabin is awarded the Hal Bernard Award for best novel.
Behind The Mask awarded first place in the Action/Adventure category at the Next Generation Indie Book Awards
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In addition to winning first place in the Action/Adventure category at the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Behind The Mask was also a finalist for the Best First Novel. A wonderful ending to the awards season for Dana's debut novel.
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Award Banquets held for both the Chanticleer International Book Awards the and IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards
Dana had the opportunity to attend the Award banquets for both the Chanticleer International Book Awards in Bellingham, WA and the IPBA Benjamin Franklin Awards held in Portland, OR. She is thrilled to announce that Behind The Mask won first place at the Chanticleer International Book Awards in her category and was awarded the silver medal for Best New Voice in Fiction at the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards. The award ceremonies were made even more special because her life-long best friend, Scott Rhodes, was able to attend both events with her.
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Behind The Mask Takes top honor at the 2016 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards
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Dana is thrilled to announce that her FBI novel, Behind The Mask, swept the 2016 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards winning Best Novel by First Time Author, Best Fiction Novel and the overall Grand Prize! The Royal Dragonfly Book Awards are part of the family of Five Star Dragonfly Book Contests sponsored by Five Star Publications, a multi award-winning company with over 29 years of publishing expertise.
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Behind The Mask named by Kirkus Reviews as one of the best Indie books for 2016
2016 was a phenomenal year for Dana. She released her debut novel on April 5, 2016. Since its release, Behind The Mask has received so many wonderful accolades. One of the most amazing honors was being names as one of the best indie books for 2016 by Kirkus Reviews.
Behind the Mask won both the Hal Bernard Memorial Award for Best Novel and the Edna Sampson Award of Excellence presented by the Southeastern Writers Association.
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