2022 Writing Award Finalists

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

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Tony Durrant for "Veldt Hunter"
Genre: Action Adventure

Tony Durrant is a former national newspaper journalist. He has an MA in Creative Writing and was shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Award 2020 and longlisted in the Page Turner Writing Award 2022. Tony grew up on industrial Tyneside, which he escaped regularly to explore the wilds of

Emerson Ford for "The Things We Bury"
Genre: Historical Fiction

When Emerson isn't writing historical fiction, she's teaching English literature and creative writing to fabulous students who motivate her to bring her best to every class. Her current story won the ACFW's First Impressions contest and is a finalist in both the Genesis contest and the Page Turner

Pamela Belle for "A Parcel of Rogues"
Genre: Historical Fiction

I'm a proud native of Suffolk, but now live in Wiltshire, divorced with two adult sons, in a small house with a garden I've made from scratch, and two loving, beautiful, mischievous and entertaining Burmese kittens. I've been writing since I was a small child, and began my first published book at

Philip John for "Memoirs of a Gambler"
Genre: Memoir

A Welsh poet and writer from the Rhondda Valleys, Philip John graduated from the University of South Wales in 2014 before working and living across the border in Bristol. He has since returned to Wales and now resides in Monmouthshire. Philip has published four volumes of poetry – Home Truths (2018)

Leigh H. Bailey for "A Child's Eye"
Genre: Drama

I was born in North Carolina, grew up in Virginia, and returned briefly to North Carolina to complete my bachelor’s degree in business. I’ve spent my professional life, to date, in sales and marketing positions, and as an entrepreneur. Along the way, I discovered my passion for people is only

Nick Black for "The Honourable Doctor"
Genre: Historical Fiction

I am professor of health services research at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine where I have spent the last 35 years studying and teaching about health care policy, evaluation of services and how to improve them. I have extensive experience of writing non-fiction - research papers

Alisa Hope Wagner Wagner for "The Hat Shoppe"
Genre: Short Stories

Alisa Hope Wagner is an international award-winning author, editor and publisher of over thirty books. She married her high school sweetheart, and together they raise their three children in a Christ-centered home. Though an introvert by nature, Alisa easily expresses herself through social media

Jocelyn Watson for "SHAZIA & CO"
Genre: Women's Fiction

SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF JOCELYN WATSON I was born and grew up in Hong Kong. I have a mixed racial heritage: my mother is Indian and my father English. The Asian Women’s Writers Collective was my first writing home. I am feminist of colour, an activist, a lesbian and a socialist. My first degree was in

Alisa Hope Wagner Wagner for "Straight to Eternity: Onoma Series Prequel Novella"
Genre: Sci-Fi

Alisa Hope Wagner is an international award-winning author, editor and publisher of over thirty books. She married her high school sweetheart, and together they raise their three children in a Christ-centered home. Though an introvert by nature, Alisa easily expresses herself through social media

Sherri Matthews for "Stranger In A White Dress"
Genre: Memoir

I grew up in my native England but in another life and for twenty years, I lived in California where I raised my three children. I began writing my first book, a memoir, in 2013 at the same time I started my blog. As time went on I prioritised my book, life's challenges adding years to the work of

Lois Kennis for "Rise on Eagle's Wings"
Genre: Christian

Lois Kennis is a tenacious writer and avid reader who "writes to stir hearts" with a gleam of hope. Kennis is a 2022 Genesis Contest Semifinalist in American Christian Fiction Writers. In 2021, she was a Writing Award Finalist in the Page Turner Awards. Kennis won the American Christian Fiction

Liz Hobson for "Russian Reckoning"
Genre: Women's Fiction

Born in London, Liz grew up in the English Lakes and now lives in Noosa, Australia. Her left-brained analytical ability as a teenager allowed her to successfully gain an Oxford Biochemistry degree but hindered her mid-life ambition of becoming an author - something she is attempting to rectify with

Amanda Poll for "Stay And Watch Me Die"
Genre: Young Adult

Hi! I'm Amanda and I live in London, UK. :) Having spent ten years working as a Barrister in Criminal Law, I live and love all things crime! Hence all my books have a strong crime element, based on murder cases I prosecuted and are embedded with twists and conspiracies. As I have teenage children

David Turner for "Spacewalker"
Genre: Sci-Fi

David Turner is an engineer with an eye toward the future. He spent ten years working on NASA’s mission critical software, including the Artemis missions that will send humans back to the moon. He enjoys home improvement projects, bartending for his friends, and hiking—especially in national parks

Diane Davies for "Willy The Covid Rescue Pup"
Genre: Childrens Picture Books

Diane Davies, award-winning author of Life in the Neck New Friends, Life in the Neck Squirrel Trouble, Life in the Neck Advent of Christmas, and Jeannie Ann’s Grandma Has Breast Cancer, lives in the Neck right next to the animals making their home there. You’ll find her in one of the Neck’s two

Amanda Poll for "Beth Death"
Genre: Young Adult

Hi! I'm Amanda and I live in London, UK. :) Having spent ten years working as a Barrister in Criminal Law, I live and love all things crime! Hence all my books have a strong crime element, based on murder cases I prosecuted and are embedded with twists and conspiracies. As I have teenage children

Keith Carreiro for "the Pilgrim – Part I"
Genre: Christian

A. Keith Carreiro is an author, poet, and classical guitarist with a lifelong addiction to storytelling. Mountain ranges and coastlines fascinate him, yet he still remains stymied in suburbia. Faith, music, family, friends, a Calico cat named Tick-Tack, and a young golden retriever named Blaise

for "THE TRUTH ABOUT STARFISH"
Genre: Childrens Middle Grade Books

I am currently retired from the public education system in North Carolina. My career spans nearly thirty years of teaching early childhood classes, working as a Home/School Coordinator, Arts Coordinator and elementary principal. My wife and I team-taught many of those years in early childhood

for "RIMBOMBO - THE LEGEND OF BOOM TIDDLE"
Genre: Childrens Middle Grade Books

I am currently retired from the public education system in North Carolina. My career spans nearly thirty years of teaching early childhood classes, working as a Home/School Coordinator, Arts Coordinator and elementary principal. My wife and I team-taught many of those years in early childhood

for "SANTA CLOTHES"
Genre: Childrens Picture Books

I am currently retired from the public education system in North Carolina. My career spans nearly thirty years of teaching early childhood classes, working as a Home/School Coordinator, Arts Coordinator and elementary principal. My wife and I team-taught many of those years in early childhood

for "SHOES"
Genre: Contemporary Fiction

I am currently retired from the public education system in North Carolina. My career spans nearly thirty years of teaching early childhood classes, working as a Home/School Coordinator, Arts Coordinator and elementary principal. My wife and I team-taught many of those years in early childhood

for "Peddler of Dreams "
Genre: Contemporary Fiction

Corporate turned creative. A City escapee, now debut novelist and freelance marketing and business consultant. My novels, written with screenplay adaptation in mind, draw on the reality of today - the highs and lows, twists and turns of modern life and love. Stories designed to entertain, provoke

for "The Man Who Got Out Of Japan"
Genre: Historical Fiction

After gaining a degree in Anthropology, Sophie went into television production, directing her first documentary for Channel 4 when driving from London to Johannesburg. Having produced an Inset series for BBC Education, she set up a Blue Peter exploration of South Africa and worked freelance for the

Stevie Turner for "Falling"
Genre: Women's Fiction

Stevie Turner is a British author of Romantic Suspense, Humour, Paranormal, and Women’s Fiction (family dramas). She won an inter-schools' essay competition at the age of 11, and this gave her encouragement to write further. She has now written 15 novels, 6 novellas, 1 memoir, and 18 short stories

for "If You Don't Know . . ."
Genre: Contemporary Fiction

Jeremy Bending spent his life as a hospital doctor and consultant physician. During that time he continued to write fiction and short stories, some of which were brought together in his book 'A Listening Doctor', published by Quartet Books London in 2018. After hanging up his stethoscope, he

for "Me."
Genre: Horror

B. Romero is a writer, teacher, student, wife, mother, activist, and everything in between. Writing has been her passion since a young age and she is also a lover of all things horror. When she is not writing, B. enjoys reading, gaming, and watching horror movies. During school hours, you can catch

for "A Big Blue Boat and the Mighty Storm"
Genre: Childrens Picture Books

As a child, Susea was always engrossed in a book. It really wasn’t surprising when she chose lower primary for her career. A retired classroom teacher who majored in English and Children's Literature, Susea spent 23 years making literacy learning fun for her young students. Her favourite time of day

for "A Big Blue Boat Is Out On The Brine"
Genre: Childrens Picture Books

As a child, Susea was always engrossed in a book. It really wasn’t surprising when she chose lower primary for her career. A retired classroom teacher who majored in English and Children's Literature, Susea spent 23 years making literacy learning fun for her young students. Her favourite time of day

for "Awakener"
Genre: Fantasy

Erin L. Swann is an avid home cook and works as an art teacher in Central Maryland. Her work appears in numerous anthologies and publications including Factor Four Magazine, Aurealis Magazine, and Andromeda Spaceways Magazine. She has won three honorable mentions from L. R. Hubbard’s Writers of the

Donna Conrad Conrad for "The Last Magdalene"
Genre: Historical Fiction

Donna Conrad is an award-winning author, journalist, activist, and teacher whose core values revolve around individual empowerment. Her first published work, House of the Moon: Surviving the Sixties, has received critical acclaim. Upcoming books include historical novels about the lives and

WILLIAM KAUFMANN for "The Change"
Genre: Sci-Fi

I wasn’t prepared for the powerful characters of this novel to come marching out of my imagination and dictate their lives. I credit my beginnings in writing to my eleventh grade English teacher, who made us write spontaneous stories in class. My career in the arts started in Japan when my teacher

for "The Dream Traveller"
Genre: Fantasy

John is an award winning portrait and wedding photographer. He has exhibited three times at the National Portrait Gallery, shortlisted for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize. John also has a PhD in Refugee Studies, with an interest in personal and family narrative. He has had an interest