2024 Book Award Winners

Page Turner Awards is delighted to announce our 2024 Book Award Winners!

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.

2024 Book Award Winners:

  • Deborah King won The Page Turner Fiction Book Award for her submission, Mary Not Broken
  • Rose Carmichael won The Page Turner Non-Fiction Book Award for her submission, Hijabs, Hitchhiking and Hangovers: Lessons from Iran.

See xx on YouTube winning their awards.

Sub-Categories winners:

  • Deborah King won the Best Book Series for her Glory Bishop Series
  • Maria C. Palmer and Ruthie Robbins won Best Co-Authored Book for their submission,for "On the Rocks: The Primadonna Story
  • Melissa Collings Best Debut Novel for her submission, The False Flat
  • Deborah King won the Indie Author Award for her submission, Mary Not Broken
  • Emily Lloyd-Gale won Best Illustrated Book for her submission, The Moose That Saved Christmas.
  • Mary Murphy won Prolific Author Award for getting 6 high-scoring titles into our finals!
  • Jayne Doxtater won the Golden Author Award for her submission, The Box in the Closet (See all our Golden Winners)
  • E.T. Gunnarsson won the Young Author Award for his submission, The Salt March - Empire Fallen Book One (See all our Young Winners)
  • See all our Best Book Genre Winners
  • See our Best Book Cover Winners

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Deborah L. King for "MARY NOT BROKEN"
Genre: Women's Fiction

Though Deborah L. King has been a writer and storyteller her whole life, publishing her first short story at seven years old, she took 32 years to complete her first novel. As a fiction writer, Deborah loves the work of Octavia Butler, classic Stephen King, Peter David, and the illustrations of Dan

E.T. Gunnarsson for "The Salt March – Empire Fallen Book One"
Genre: Fantasy

E.T. Gunnarsson translates imagination into words for a living. E.T. Gunnarsson's debut book, Forgive Us, received the accolades for Best Sci-Fi Book at the 2021 San Francisco Book Festival and Best Post-Apocalyptic Book at the 2021 Fiction Awards. Born and raised in the Rocky Mountains (9,000 feet

Rose Carmichael for "Hijabs, Hitchhiking and Hangovers: Lessons from Iran"
Genre: Non-Fiction

Book is published under my pseudonym, Rose Carmichael. Rose Carmichael is a linguist, writer and journalist. Rose grew up in the countryside in Cambridgeshire, before moving to Dubai, Tehran and then eventually, London. After graduating from the University of Cambridge, where she studied Middle

Emily Lloyd-Gale for "The Moose That Saved Christmas "
Genre: Childrens Picture Books

Emily Lloyd-Gale was born in Australia and raised in the UK. Having moved around RAF bases as a child, her family finally settled in Oxfordshire, where she still lives today with her husband. Inspired by her experiences of bullying at school, her main character Maurice has become a symbol of

Mary Murphy for "Sweet Peas and Bees"
Genre: Childrens Picture Books

This immersive, multi-genre writer does not shy away from diversity of thought but rather embraces the creative challenge it sets forth. Included in Murphy's portfolio is her multi-genre work of fiction, 'Speaking Of'; a novel – 'The Emerald Diaries-Secrets of an Irish Clan'; Sweet Peas and Bees -

Melissa Collings for "The False Flat"
Genre: Women's Fiction

Before Melissa started writing romantic comedies and women’s fiction, she worked as a surgical Physician Associate in Nashville, where one of her favorite procedures was re-suturing a lower-lumbar tattoo. Her stories, like herself, are always a mix: light and dark, laughter and tears, outlandish and

Jayne Doxtater for "The Box in the Closet"
Genre: Memoir

Jayne Doxtater was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba and currently resides in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. A business owner and esthetician of 40 years, she is now semi-retired and loves spending time outdoors. A self-proclaimed tree hugger and chocolate lover, Jayne is

Maria C. Palmer and Ruthie Robbins for "On the Rocks: The Primadonna Story"
Genre: True Stories

Maria Costanzo Palmer was named as one of L.A. Weekly’s “Top 15 Rising Authors to Watch in 2023.” Her debut book was mentioned in Forbes Magazine in December 2023 as a must-have for the “Entrepreneurial-Spirited People on Your Holiday List.” On the Rocks has won many awards including being named the