Sunshine Coast, British Columbia — The NYC Big Book Award has recognized KENNEDY GIRL in the category of Historical Fiction as a Distinguished Favorite in their literary competition of 2024. This follows upon an earlier award for the first book in the Annie Shea series, the audiobook of A Theory of Expanded Love, which also won Distinguished Favorite with NYC Big Book Award in 2022.
The competition was judged by experts of the book industry, including publishers, writers, editors, designers, booksellers, librarians and professional copywriters. Winners and distinguished favorites are based on overall excellence.
KENNEDY GIRL, published by Brown Posey Press (a subsidiary of Sunbury Press), Pennsylvania in 2023, takes place in Southern California in 1968.
An uncontrollable series of events transform the lives of two teenagers the night of RFK’s assassination. Annie Shea, the unforgettable heroine of A Theory of Expanded Love returns in this coming-of-age adventure about love, justice and the memorable year of 1968. (Getty images photo credit).
Other recent awards for KENNEDY GIRL include Finalist in Cross Genre Fiction for The 2024 American Fiction Awards. Awards were presented for titles published in 2022-2024 and can be accessed here: https://www.americanbookfest.com/2024afafullresults.html
In British Columbia, the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society awarded KENNEDY GIRL an Honourable Mention, Sunshine Coast Voices in their second annual Book Awards for BC Authors contest. https://www.scwes.ca/contests
