Page Turner Awards is delighted to announce our 2024 Book Award Longlist, 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.
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.
Ruth Leigh for "A Great Deal of Ingenuity"
Ruth is a novelist and freelance writer, the author of the Isabella M Smugge series, contemporary humorous page-turners with heart. She has also published a collection of Pride and Prejudice short stories and a volume of poetry. You can find her on Instagram, Facebook, Threads and TikTok at
TF Johnson for "The Sharp Edge of Fate"
TF Johnson has a love for storytelling, characters and far away worlds. She started creating before she started primary school, and the passion never left. When not writing, TF Johnson can be found reading the books on her to be read bookshelf that mysteriously keep multiplying, hanging with friends
WILLIAM KAUFMANN for "Radical Encounter"
I won the Moth Story Slam this past July with the subject of Denial. Seems like denial is pervasive these days. Contestants had 5 minutes to tell their tale, without notes, in front of a packed audience at the Parkway theater in Minneapolis. I highly recommend writers find the Moth Story Slam in
OC Heaton for "LEAP, Book 1 in The Race Is On series"
I try to make sense of this beautiful, crazy world we inhabit through my stories—thrillers that are super well researched inside complex plots full of twists and turns, that pose ethical and moral dilemmas. When I sit down to write a book, I have three non-negotiables: 1. It needs to concern a
Glenn Somodi for "Olly & the Spores Book Series"
Glenn Somodi writes his stories in the short space between lying down and dreaming. The stories are written over many nights, replayed, and rewritten in his head for enjoyment. His mission is to find anyone who enjoys reading the stories as much as he enjoys creating them. Inspired by some of his
Lisa Selvidge for "The Trials of Tricia Blake"
I am a writer and tutor of creative writing for universities in the UK, and an older mum to a wonderful boy, age 12. We live in Portugal, way up in the mountains, and we have two ponies and a dog. Inspired by my son and our travels in our campervan, I am writing a series about a magic campervan
Miranda Levi for "Mork The Handsome Orc: A Mythiverse Story "
Miranda Boyer is an award-winning author, publisher, and lifelong storyteller whose work explores themes of identity, resilience, and magic in the face of adversity. She is best known for her Fountain of Youth series, a genre-bending YA fantasy saga that weaves together reincarnation, found family
Robbi Bryant Bryant for "The Darkness"
Robbi Sommers Bryant is an award-winning author and professional editor with more than fourteen years of experience helping writers shape powerful, psychologically resonant stories. Known for her intuitive understanding of character, emotional depth, and narrative tension, she works collaboratively
