2024 Book Award Finalists

Page Turner Awards is delighted to announce our 2024 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.

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 Prolific Author Award or the Best Book Series Award.

Also, browse the list of Best Book Cover Finalists - whose submissions are judged on the book cover, not the written submission.

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Anne Wedgwood for "The Botanist"
Genre: Mystery & Cozy Mystery

Anne Wedgwood lives in Beverley, where her stories are set. She has come to writing in her later years, having spent her working life in education. Anne was born in London and was immersed in books from her childhood onwards. She has lived in Beverley since 2008 and has no plans to leave! Anne is

Glen R Stansfield for "Out of Darkness"
Genre: Crime

Glen R Stansfield likes to kill people – in stories – mostly! Born in Rossendale, in the Lancashire Pennines, he grew up with a freedom and innocence he believes children no longer enjoy. They were magical times when play was a product of the imagination; a tree trunk became a pirate ship, a stick

Louise Simone for "Charlotte's Ghosts: The Mystery of the Vanishing Boy"
Genre: Childrens Middle Grade Books

L.P. Simone lives and writes in Washington D.C, is known to feed a stray cat or two, and definitely believes in ghosts, dragons, and other mythical beings.

Karen Gilleland for "Diamond and the French Blue"
Genre: Crime

Karen Gilleland, the hand behind the Diamond-Dennison Mysteries, spent much of her career in corporate communications. During the pandemic, Karen discovered the thrill of mystery writing. As a fan of Golden Age of mysteries, she became inspired to create intriguing characters and plots that delight