2022 Book Award Finalists

Page Turner Awards is delighted to announce our 2022 Book Award finalists, shown in random order!

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Wherever you see duplicate faces, it's not a mistake, those writers are to be applauded for having more than one submission reach the finals!

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RohitBhargava Bhargava for "Non-Obvious Megatrends"
Genre: Non-Fiction

Rohit Bhargava is is on a mission to inspire more non-obvious thinking in the world. He is an innovation and marketing expert, skilled facilitator, and keynote speaker. After a successful 15 year career as a brand and marketing strategist at two of the largest agencies in the world (Ogilvy and Leo

AnjuliSherinMFT Sherin for "Joyous Resilience: A path to individual healing and collective thriving in an inequitable world"
Genre: Non-Fiction

Anjuli Sherin, M.A., LMFT is a Pakistani-American licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in trauma recovery, resilience building and cultivating joy. She has 17 years of practice working with immigrant, South Asian, Middle Eastern, Muslim and LGBTQI+ populations. Sherin received her B.A

Missy Maxwell Worton for "Don't Mess With This Mama"
Genre: Christian

Missy is a award-winning author, speaker and destiny coach. As an author, she writes across various media platforms, including film, television and multiple magazines. Her greatest desire is to awaken women to the superpower they have within them as a force for good. She encourages them to

Jennifer Farmer for "Blue Sky Gone"
Genre: Historical Fiction

J.S Farmer grew up in a small town in Connecticut. She studied criminology and psychology at Central Connecticut State University. After seven years as a police officer, she shifted her career into the private sector, working as a government security analyst for a defense contractor. During that

Sarah Noll Wilson Noll Wilson for "Don't Feed the Elephants! Overcoming the Art of Avoidance to Build Powerful Partnerships"
Genre: Non-Fiction

Sarah Noll Wilson, Inc. is on a mission to help leaders build and rebuild teams. Our goal is to empower leaders to understand and honor the beautiful complexity of the humans they serve. We create a safe, honest environment, preparing people to deal with real-world conflict, have more meaningful

DigitalHlth_Guy Pereau for "The Digital Health Revolution"
Genre: Non-Fiction

Kevin Pereau is a leading digital health expert and author of "The Digital Health Revolution" and "It Takes a Village". He spent the early part of his career managing strategy and management consulting firms with a specialty focus on technology. His first health technology company was a consumer

Sarah Noll Wilson Noll Wilson for "Don't Feed the Elephants! Overcoming the Art of Avoidance to Build Powerful Partnerships"
Genre: Non-Fiction

Sarah Noll Wilson, Inc. is on a mission to help leaders build and rebuild teams. Our goal is to empower leaders to understand and honor the beautiful complexity of the humans they serve. We create a safe, honest environment, preparing people to deal with real-world conflict, have more meaningful

Jodie Smith for "Bayou Cresting: The Wanting Women of Huet Pointe"
Genre: Anthology & Compilations

Award-winning author and Mobile Literary Festival founder Jodie Cain Smith spent her childhood exploring the shores of Mobile Bay. She is a graduate of the University of South Alabama and Northern Michigan University because earning a degree on both the southern and northern border happened by

Isabelle_Nussli Nüssli for "BEYOND Corporate Governance"
Genre: Non-Fiction

Almost vertical - this is how Isabelle describes her learning curve in the past decade. It started with personal experiences, which, as a young business leader at the helm of an international company, were diverse. They involved leading through the heights but also through change and crisis. Aside

Courtney Stackhouse for "Desert Nights"
Genre: Suspense & Thriller

Writing has been my passion and escape since I was a young child. This mystery/suspense novel Desert Nights and was self-published in 2014. It was well-reviewed by Kirkus Indie, won honorable mention in the Hollywood Book Festival and was a finalist in the Independent Author Network’s Book of the

Carol Sanford for "No More Feedback: Cultive Consciousness at Work"
Genre: Non-Fiction

Senior Fellow of Social Innovation, Babson College; CEO, The Regenerative Paradigm Institute, Educator and Social Change designer for people in change agents roles, organizational leaders who aspire to making a difference, business and organizational teams pursuing meaningful work and business

Christine Hassing Hassing for "Hope Has a Cold Nose "
Genre: Non-Fiction

Christine Hassing is a leadership life coach, a published author, a life story writer, and a teacher of arts – the art of how we frame and reframe our life stories and the art of hearing. Within. To each other. Through space virtually when people are not able to be together physically and when a

Leeann Werner for "The Illusion Of A Girl"
Genre: Young Adult

LeeAnn Werner is an author, speaker, and blogger on dysfunctional families and how you move forward based on her own experiences. She’s passionate about healing the dysfunctional family cycle. She's written and self-published two young adult psychological thrillers based on her own childhood, The

Leeann Werner for "The Illusion Of A Boy"
Genre: Paranormal & Supernatural

LeeAnn Werner is an author, speaker, and blogger on dysfunctional families and how you move forward based on her own experiences. She’s passionate about healing the dysfunctional family cycle. She's written and self-published two young adult psychological thrillers based on her own childhood, The

Michelle Cook for "Tipping Point"
Genre: Action Adventure

Michelle Cook writes thrillers and dystopian fiction. She lives in the UK with her husband, their two young children, and a cat called Lyra Belacqua. Her first joyful steps into creative writing were at the age of ten, when the teacher read out her short story in class. A slapstick tale of two

Walt Larimore for "At First Light: A True World War II Story of a Hero, His Bravery, and an Amazing Horse"
Genre: Non-Fiction

Walt Larimore is a best-selling author who resides in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. He has written or co-written 41 books and over 1200 articles in dozens of publications. As an author, his books have garnered a number of American awards and his international writing awards include Page Turner

Helen Matthews for "The Girl in the Van"
Genre: Suspense & Thriller

Helen Matthews writes page-turning psychological suspense novels and is fascinated by the darker side of human nature and how a life can change in an instant. Her novel The Girl in the Van, published by Darkstroke Books, won the suspense and thriller genre in the 2022 Pageturner Awards. Other novels

Monica Red for "Saber, Wisdom and Justice Book 3"
Genre: Fantasy

All my life I have been in love with stories, and as I grew up, I became a storyteller that now put her words in writing. Although I enjoy many genres, fantasy and sci-fi come easiest to me. Long ago, words came to me in Spanish, and then when I moved farther north in this hemisphere, my characters

Walt Larimore for "At First Light: A True World War II Story of a Hero, His Bravery, and an Amazing Horse"
Genre: Non-Fiction

Walt Larimore is a best-selling author who resides in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. He has written or co-written 41 books and over 1200 articles in dozens of publications. As an author, his books have garnered a number of American awards and his international writing awards include Page Turner

Nikki Auberkett for "Prax"
Genre: Paranormal & Supernatural

Nikki Auberkett is a cultural anthropologist, developmental editor, and overall passionate storyteller. With nearly 15 years of research and exploration into global folklore and mythology, biblical archaeology, and all things weird and unusual, she weaves her research and social science expertise

Claire Merchant for "Visionary"
Genre: Paranormal & Supernatural

Claire Merchant is an Australian author and storyteller. She is best known for her collection of fantasy, contemporary, and romance novels set in fictional South Coast. In 2019, Claire won ‘Top Female Author’ in the Fantasy and Romance categories as voted by The Authors Show.

Claire Merchant for "Twelve Lifetimes"
Genre: Historical Fiction

Claire Merchant is an Australian author and storyteller. She is best known for her collection of fantasy, contemporary, and romance novels set in fictional South Coast. In 2019, Claire won ‘Top Female Author’ in the Fantasy and Romance categories as voted by The Authors Show.

Breana Greene for "Black Princesses"
Genre: Childrens Picture Books

Breana Greene is an African American self-published author, illustrator, and independent animator from Baltimore Maryland. She graduated from George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology in 2014, and School of Visual Arts with a BFA in Animation in 2018. Since graduating SVA, Breana has

Gerald Everett Jones for "Mr Ballpoint: A Novel"
Genre: Young Adult

Gerald Everett Jones lives in Santa Monica. The romantic comedy Mick & Moira & Brad is his thirteenth novel. He is a board member of the Independent Writers of Southern California (IWOSC), a Film Independent (FILM) Fellow, and a winner of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Diversity Award. He holds

Claire Merchant for "A Lady Born, A Pirate Bred"
Genre: Action Adventure

Claire Merchant is an Australian author and storyteller. She is best known for her collection of fantasy, contemporary, and romance novels set in fictional South Coast. In 2019, Claire won ‘Top Female Author’ in the Fantasy and Romance categories as voted by The Authors Show.

Claire Merchant for "Light and Shadow: The Story of Luna Lake"
Genre: Fantasy

Claire Merchant is an Australian author and storyteller. She is best known for her collection of fantasy, contemporary, and romance novels set in fictional South Coast. In 2019, Claire won ‘Top Female Author’ in the Fantasy and Romance categories as voted by The Authors Show.

Meredith Wargo for "DAWGS: A True Story of Lost Animals and the Kids Who Rescued Them"
Genre: Non-Fiction

Meredith Wargo is an award-winning author and advocate for animals. The recipient of four Maxwell Medallions from the Dog Writers of Association of America, she has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Although a native Texan, Meredith currently lives in southern

scribando Griesmayr for "Get This Book Wet"
Genre: Childrens Picture Books

Scribando is a membership site for book authors that helps publishers and authors to achieve bestselling- and award-winning status with their books.

Meredith Wargo for "DAWGS: A True Story of Lost Animals and the Kids Who Rescued Them"
Genre: Non-Fiction

Meredith Wargo is an award-winning author and advocate for animals. The recipient of four Maxwell Medallions from the Dog Writers of Association of America, she has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Although a native Texan, Meredith currently lives in southern

E.T. Gunnarsson for "Abandon Us: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller"
Genre: Sci-Fi

E.T. Gunnarsson translates imagination into words for a living. His debut book Forgive Us was awarded Best Sci-Fi book in the 2021 San Francisco Book Festival and Best Post-Apocalyptic Book in the 2021 Fiction Awards. Born and raised in the Rocky Mountains (9,000 feet altitude!), E.T. now resides in

Louise Mangos for "The Beaten Track"
Genre: Suspense & Thriller

Louise writes novels, short stories and flash fiction, which have won prizes, placed on shortlists, and have been read out on BBC radio. Her short fiction has appeared in more than twenty print anthologies and magazines. Some of these are also online, links to which can be found on her website. She

Leslee Breene for "Journey to Sand Castle"
Genre: Romance

Leslee Breene, international award-winning author of novel and short fiction, takes pride in being a Denver, Colorado native. Her five published historical and contemporary women's fiction novels and one Christmas short story anthology may be found on Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com. During