Writing Mentorship Award 2022

INTO THE LIGHT is contemporary fiction set against the backdrop of modern Haiti. Rage surged through Jeanie, her only focus get between the child and the sex trafficker’s gun. One precious life saved but at the cost of risking countless others including her own. Had she made a terrible mistake?

Mexico, 1915. Elmo Knot, adopted son of a British vice consul, is assigned to help an unlikely assassin kill a popular general of the Revolution. He is then ordered to recover the stolen arm of General Obregon, lost in battle and iconic to the side that has it.

It’s been over 300 years since the Elder Race of Fae vanished. In the power vacuum they left, the soul of the last nation faces a battle of ideology against whether the country should seek neighboring help or stand alone, or the method of unification and what that says about the future foundation of

Elena Russo (26) is facing a health crisis. The explanation of a panic attack doesn’t sit well with her. When she’s finally diagnosed with an autoimmune condition, she sets out on her quest to find answers but a revelation about her late father and an ancient Nadi Leaf brings more questions.

When Earth is reset by aliens, six neurodivergent teens are chosen to survive with an autistic whale-watching boat captain and his marine biologist tour guide.

A postal worker opens an Italian restaurant in a rough and dying town. He navigates a world of crooked officials and members of organized crime to create an A-list celeb hangout. A story of blind ambition, his traits are the driving force behind his success and the cause of his eventual downfall.