Page Turner Awards is delighted to announce our 2023 Book Award Finalists, shown in random order!
Please join us in congratulating these rising stars by leaving them a comment at the bottom of their finalist submission. Click 'see more' to read their submission. And you can also congratulate the writers in our forum.
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! These authors will be in the running to win our Best Author Award or the Best Book Series Award.
Also browse through the list of Best Book Cover Finalists - these submissions are judged on the book cover, not the written submission.
Find finalists by adding a first name or surname into the search box below. Please only search by the author's name.
Nghi Dang for "The Adventures of Max and Friends"
I was born in Vietnam but grew up in Southern California. Our family moved to the states when I was 7 years old. As an immigrant, I shared the same struggles as many other immigrants with adjusting to a new norm and dealing with bullying, discrimination, and constantly having to self-validate while
Kim Black for "DROP DEAD DALLAS"
Kim Black is a not-quite-cozy genre mixologist and award-winning author. She loves learning new things and returned to school in her fifties to receive her certification in screenwriting. She is a member of the Texas High Plains Writers, one of the oldest writers' groups in America. She speaks to
Erasmo Acosta for "K3+"
Erasmo Acosta was born in Cantaura, a small town in Venezuela, and moved to the United States in 1996 to pursue a software engineering career sponsored by a small Silicon Valley company. He retired to Portland, Oregon, in 2020 after achieving 32 successful years in the industry. In 2015, he became
Andrew Hussey for "There's No Deer Around Here"
Andy is the founder of Muddy Little Boots Publishing and is author of two children's paperback books currently. A graphic designer by trade, he decided to create Muddy Little Boots publishing during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown (2020) as a means of creating something positive from this distressing
jb Penrose for "Shadow and Light: The Devil"
JB Penrose is the author of the Lady Babalon series, with four volumes, in addition to the DayStar series. All 9 books are available on Amazon. Her stories are filled with magic, danger, and romance, and take the reader to a place in the urban world as we know it with events you didn't expect. As a
Andrew Hussey for "Any Trout About?"
Andy is the founder of Muddy Little Boots Publishing and is author of two children's paperback books currently. A graphic designer by trade, he decided to create Muddy Little Boots publishing during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown (2020) as a means of creating something positive from this distressing
Alan Fleet for "Team Bella and the Mystery of the Lost River"
Alan travelled extensively in the international oil and gas industry as a marine geophysicist and it was during his time off that he first began writing novels for adults. Following the selection of his third novel, Woollyback, for a tutored adaptation for the silver screen, Alan went on to complete
Joelle Habbaki for "Shattered"
Joelle Habbaki believes the hardest chapters often lead to the most beautiful beginnings. She is drawn to the fracture points in a life. The moments where everything breaks, and the journey to a "happily ever after" is hard-won and wholly deserved. She writes contemporary romance for readers who
Therena Carlin for "Star Found"
Therena is an award-winning, internationally published photographer and artist. She writes epic romantic fantasy novels and creates fantasy illustrations. She loves transporting readers and art lovers into a world of love, magic, and adventure. Born to be an artist and author, she delights in
DW Plato for "Glue"
Livin' the dream. D.W. Plato has degrees in Business Management and Psychology. This education gives her the multiple skills she needs to be a full-time landlord. “One of these days I’ll be a full-time AUTHOR and a part-time landlord,” she jokes. #lifegoals With five books already published, she's
Pam Henry for "A Saucer Full of Secrets"
Pam Henry has been writing stories for children since she was a young girl with some success, but during the Covid lockdowns, she had plenty of time to ramp up her efforts. Her three children are all grown and flown, and she lives in Wiltshire with her husband and their young Staffordshire Bull
Mary Murphy for "The Emerald Diaries - Secrets of an Irish Clan"
Mary Murphy is an Irish-born author whose work explores psychological suspense, identity, and inherited memory across genres and tonal range. Her latest release, The Confidence Thief (2026), is a work of crime fiction with literary depth and emotional intensity, continuing her examination of
Robbi Sommers Bryant for "The Darkness"
Robbi Sommers Bryant is an award-winning author whose psychologically driven stories explore obsession, identity, and the hidden forces that shape human behavior. Her work blends psychological suspense with dark literary themes, creating characters who live on the edge of moral choice and emotional
Kitiera Morey for "Seeking Atonement "
Kitiera Morey is a lively perfectionist with the mouth of a drunken sailor. When she's not singing off-key for the entire world to hear or chasing after a chaos demon, Kitiera is indulging her Stardew Valley addiction. She lives in New York with her beautiful daughter, four cats and two dogs.
