2026 Golden Author, Writer, Screenwriter Shortlist

I’m an award-winning, traditionally published author with a 55-year career spanning children’s and adult markets. I'm currently enrolled in the 2025

I studied law at LSE and worked as a lawyer in Hong Kong, Brussels and Los Angeles before returning to London during lockdown. Since then I ran as a

A Western intelligence agency is alarmed by a revolutionary scientific discovery that might destabilize global economies and destroy world order. An

Journalist, ex-BBC correspondent, novelist. Author of The Candidate's Husband (SRL Publishing & Bolinda Audio)

Frances Gaudiano is a veterinary nurse and writer. She hails from Southern California but currently resides in Cornwall, England. Her education

Jayne Doxtater was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and now resides in the beautiful West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. After a

Charles Harris is a best-selling author, award-winning writer-director, journalist, martial arts black belt and currently a director of the Society of

Linda Hartley studied dance and creative writing at Dartington College of Arts, UK, then went on to train as a somatic movement therapist and

My debut historical fiction novel, THE LAST GYPSY QUEEN, published April 16, 2026. I write women’s upmarket and historical fiction. As a former retail

Karin is an autistic mathematician, and writer of science fiction, fantasy and thrillers. After twelve moves within the Netherlands, Luxembourg

Tim Johnston is the award-winning author of RECIPROCITY (optioned by Universal Television Studios), FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND OTHER STORIES (winner of the