Awards List

Espionage / E 5
            2012 Audies -- Suspense (Finalist)
Thriller / T 4
            2012 Anthony Award -- Novel (Nominee)
Literary / L 5
            2012 Independent Publisher Book Award -- Canada-West Fiction (Gold Medal Winner)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2010 Breakthrough Novel Award -- Young Adult Fiction (Winner)
General Fiction / GF 4.5
            2014 Sequoyah Book Award -- Children's (Nominee)
            2014 Georgia Children's Book Award -- Children's Book (Nominee)
Romantic Suspense / RS 4
            2011 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Paranormal Romantic Suspense (Winner)
            2012 Rita Award -- Romantic Suspense (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 3.5
            2013 Stonewall Book Award -- Children/Young Adult (Honor Book)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2012 Moonbeam Children's Book Award -- Juvenile Fic-Er/1st Chap (Silver Medal Winner)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2011 Bram Stoker Award -- Poetry Collection (Winner)
General Fiction / GF 4.5
            2012 South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award -- Junior Book (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2011 Parents Choice Award (Fall) (2008-Up) -- Picture Book (Silver Medal Winner)
            2012 Buckaroo Book Award -- Children's (Nominee)
Fantasy / F 4
            2012 Rita Award -- Young Adult Romance (Winner)
            2013 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award -- Young Adult (Nominee)
            2014 Iowa High School Book Award -- Young Adult (Nominee)
            2013 Isinglass Teen Read Award -- Grades 6-8 (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 4.5
            2011 NAPPA Gold Award -- Preschoolers & Up (Winner)
            2012 Alabama Camellia Award -- Grades K-1 (Finalist)
Christian / CH 5
            2012 Christian Retailing's Best -- General Fiction (Winner)
            2012 Audies -- Inspirational/Fiction (Winner)
Romantic Suspense / RS 5
            2011 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Romantic Suspense (Winner)
Historical Romance / HR 5
            2012 Christy Award -- Historical Romance (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 4.5
            2013 Sunshine State Young Reader's Award -- Grades 6-8 (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2012 Carnegie Medal -- Children's (Nominee)
            2011 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize -- Children's Fiction (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2011 IndieFab Award -- Fiction-Short Stories (Honorable Mention)
            2012 Independent Publisher Book Award -- Fiction-Short Stories (Bronze Medal Winner)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2011 IndieFab Award -- Historical Fiction (Bronze Medal Winner)
HR-4270 Contemporary Romance / CR 4
            2012 Rita Award -- Contemporary Series Romance (Finalist)
Horror / HORR 0
            2012 IndieFab Award -- Horror (Gold Medal Winner)
Mystery / M 3.5
            2011 Delaware Diamonds Award -- Grades 3-5 (Winner)
            2012 Volunteer State Book Award -- Intermediate (Nominee)
            2013 Sunshine State Young Reader's Award -- Grades 3-5 (Nominee)
            2013 Beehive Award -- Fiction (Nominee)
            2013 Land of Enchantment Book Award -- Children's (Nominee)
Contemporary Romance / CR 3.5
            2012 Rita Award -- Contemporary Single Title (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 3
            2012 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award -- Children's Picture (Winner)
            2012 New Mexico Book Award -- Children's Picture (Winner)
Cozy Mystery / CZ 5
            2011 Agatha Award -- Novel (Nominee)
Urban Fantasy / UF 5
            2011 All About Romance Reader Award -- Most Kickass Heroine (Winner - Tie)
Women's Fiction / WF 4
            2012 Audies -- Romance (Finalist)
Christian / CH 5
            2012 Christian Book Award -- New Author (Winner)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2013 Colorado Children's Book Award -- Junior Novel (Winner)
            2014 Young Reader's Choice Award -- Junior/Grades 4-6 (Nominee)
            2011 Cybils -- Middle Grade Fiction (Finalist)
Mystery / M 4
            2012 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- Juvenile (Nominee)
            2012 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens -- Ten to Fourteen (Recommended)
Literary / L 5
            2011 National Jewish Book Award -- Fiction (Winner)
Science Fiction / Fantasy / SFF 4
            2013 Tayshas Reading -- Young Adult (Commended)
Historical / H 0
            2011 Langum Prize for Historical Literature -- Historical Fiction (Notable)
Paranormal Romance / PNR 4.5
            2011 RT Book Reviews -- Top Pick (*)
Science Fiction Romance / SFR 4.5
            2011 RT Book Reviews -- Top Pick (*)
Urban Fantasy / UF 4.5
            2012 Young Adult Canadian Book Award -- Young Adult (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2010 Independent Publisher Book Award -- Young Adult Fiction (Silver Medal Winner)
Historical / H 5
            2011 Midwest Book Award (MIPA) -- Young Adult Fiction (Winner)
            2012 Midwest Book Award (MIPA) -- Young Adult Fiction (Winner)
            2012 Midwest Book Award (MIPA) -- Historical Fiction (Finalist)
            2011 Midwest Book Award (MIPA) -- Historical Fiction (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2014 Garden State Children's Book Award -- Easy-To-Read (Winner)
General Fiction / GF 3
            2013 Keystone to Reading Book Award -- Primary (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 4.5
            2013 Keystone to Reading Book Award -- High School (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2014 Sequoyah Book Award -- Children's (Nominee)
Literary / L 4
            
General Fiction / GF 4
            2011 Cybils -- Fiction Picture Book (Finalist)
            2013 Volunteer State Book Award -- Primary (Nominee)
Historical Romance / HR 5
            2011 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Historical Romantic Adventure (Winner)
Suspense / S 5
            2012 Street Literature Book Award Medal (Slbam) -- Adult Fiction (Honorable Mention)
Action Adventure / AA 0
            1999 Carnegie Medal -- Children's (Nominee)
Historical Romance / HR 5
            2012 Rita Award -- Historical Romance (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2012 Texas 2x2 Reading List -- Children's (Recommended)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2012 Charlotte Zolotow Award -- Picture Book Text (Highly Commended)
Thriller / T 4
            2012 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- Novel (Nominee)
Fantasy / F 3
            2012 Young Adult Canadian Book Award -- Young Adult (Winner)
Historical / H 5
            2012 Christy Award -- Historical (Winner)
General Fiction / GF 3
            2012 Christy Award -- Young Adult (Finalist)
            2011 IndieFab Award -- Religious Fiction (Bronze Medal Winner)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2012 Great Stone Face Book Award -- Grades 4-6 (Nominee)
            2013 Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award -- Young Readers (Honor Book)
            2014 Sequoyah Book Award -- Intermediate (Nominee)
            2013 Massachusetts Children's Book Award -- Children's Book (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2013 Georgia Children's Book Award -- Picture Storybook (Nominee)
Literary / L 4.5
            2012 Spur Award -- Long Novel (Finalist)
Historical / H 5
            2013 Land of Enchantment Book Award -- Young Adult (Winner)
            2012 Colorado Book Award -- Juvenile Literature (Winner)
            2013 South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award -- Junior Book (Nominee)
            2014 Nutmeg Book Award -- Teen (Nominee)
            2013 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award -- Children's (Nominee)
            2013 South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award -- Children's (Nominee)
            2013 Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award -- Grades 4-6 (Nominee)
            2014 Young Hoosier Book Award -- Middle Grades (Nominee)
Historical / H 2
            2011 Parents Choice Award (Fall) (2008-Up) -- Historical Fiction (Recommended)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2012 Tayshas Reading -- Young Adult (Commended)
Historical Mystery / HM 5
            2012 Christy Award -- First Novel (Finalist)
Historical / H 5
            2012 Rita Award -- First Book (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2013 Keystone to Reading Book Award -- Preschool (Nominee)
Thriller / T 5
            2012 Lambda Literary Award -- Lesbian Mystery (Winner)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2011 Northeastern Minnesota Book Award -- Fiction (Nominee)
Historical Romance / HR 4.5
            2011 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Regency Historical Romance (Winner)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2012 Alabama Camellia Award -- Grades K-1 (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2012 Black-Eyed Susan Award -- Picture Book (Nominee)
Romantic Suspense / RS 5
            2012 Rita Award -- Romantic Suspense (Finalist)
Historical Romance / HR 5
            2011 All About Romance Reader Award -- Biggest Tearjerker (Honorable Mention)
Literary / L 4
            2012 PEN/Faulkner Award -- Fiction (Finalist)
            2012 ALA Notable Books -- Fiction (*)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2011 IndieFab Award -- Historical Fiction (Silver Medal Winner)
            2012 Independent Publisher Book Award -- West-Pacific Fiction (Silver Medal Winner)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2014 Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award -- Grades 3-5 (Nominee)
Fantasy / F 3.5
            2012 Black-Eyed Susan Award -- Picture Book (Nominee)
Fantasy / F 5
            2012 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Young Adult Urban Fantasy (Winner)
            2013 Texas Lone Star Reading List -- Young Adult (Commended)
            2011 RT Book Reviews -- Top Pick (*)
Literary / L 4
            2011 Man Booker Prize -- Novel (Winner)
            2011 Costa Book Award -- Novel (Nominee)
            2012 ALA Notable Books -- Fiction (*)
Mystery / M 5
            2012 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- Juvenile (Nominee)
Thriller / T 5
            2012 Thriller Award -- First Novel (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2011 Florida Book Award -- General Fiction (Gold Medal Winner)
            2012 Florida Book Award -- General Fiction (Gold Medal Winner)
General Fiction / GF 2
            2013 Keystone to Reading Book Award -- Intermediate (Nominee)
Historical / H 5
            2015 Nevada Young Readers' Award -- Intermediate (Winner)
            2015 Nevada Young Readers' Award -- Intermediate (Nominee)
            2014 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award -- Grades 6-8 (Nominee)
            2014 Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award -- Children's (Nominee)
            2015 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award -- Grades 4-8 (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2012 Charlotte Zolotow Award -- Picture Book Text (Honor Book)
            2012 Sydney Taylor Book Award -- Younger Readers (Honor Book)
Fantasy / F 5
            2012 SIBA Book Award -- Children's (Finalist)
            2012 Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize -- Children's (Finalist)
Action Adventure / AA 5
            2011 IndieFab Award -- General Fiction (Silver Medal Winner)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2013 Keystone to Reading Book Award -- Middle School (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2011 IndieFab Award -- Young Adult Fiction (Bronze Medal Winner)
            2011 Moonbeam Children's Book Award -- Y/A Fiction/General (Bronze Medal Winner)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2012 Schneider Family Book Award -- Middle School (Winner)
            2012 Christopher Award -- Books for Young People (Winner)
            2013 Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award -- Children's (Nominee)
            2014 Young Hoosier Book Award -- Middle Grades (Nominee)
            2013 South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award -- Children's (Nominee)
            2014 Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award -- Grades 3-5 (Nominee)
            2013 Georgia Children's Book Award -- Children's Book (Nominee)
            2012 Buckeye Children's Book Award -- Grades 6-8 (Nominee)
            2014 Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award -- Grades 3-5 (Nominee)
            2014 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award -- Grades 4-8 (Nominee)
            2014 William Allen White Childens Book Award -- Grades 3-5 (Nominee)
            2014 Beehive Award -- Fiction (Nominee)
            2014 Sequoyah Book Award -- Children's (Nominee)
            2014 Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award -- Grades 6-8 (Nominee)
            2013 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award -- Children's (Nominee)
            2013 Mark Twain Readers Award -- Grades 4-6 (Nominee)
Historical / H 4
            2011 Moonbeam Children's Book Award -- Y/A Fic-Hist/Cultural (Gold Medal Winner)
Fantasy / F 5
            2012 Locus Award -- Collection (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 4.5
            2011 World Fantasy Award -- Novella (Nominee)
Space Opera / SO 5
            2012 Spectrum Award -- Novel (Finalist)
Literary / L 4
            2011 National Jewish Book Award -- Debut Fiction (Winner)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2013 South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award -- Picture Book (Nominee)
            2012 Texas 2x2 Reading List -- Children's (Recommended)
Science Fiction / Fantasy / SFF 4
            2012 Isinglass Teen Read Award -- Grades 6-8 (Nominee)
            2012 Florida Teens Read -- Grades 9-12 (Nominee)
            2011 Costa Book Award -- Children's (Nominee)
            2012 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens -- Fourteen and Up (Recommended)
            2012 Tayshas Reading -- Young Adult (Commended)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2011 IndieFab Award -- Gay/Lesbian Fiction (Gold Medal Winner)
Contemporary Romance / CR 4
            2012 Lambda Literary Award -- Gay Romance (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2012 Lambda Literary Award -- Lesbian Debut Fiction (Finalist)
            2012 Independent Publisher Book Award -- Gay/Lesbian Fiction (Bronze Medal Winner)
General Fiction / GF 4.5
            2012 Benjamin Franklin Award -- Cover Design-Child & Y/A (Finalist)
Horror / HORR 3
            2012 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- Paperback Original (Winner)
            2012 Anthony Award -- Paperback Original (Nominee)
Fantasy / F 4.5
            2012 Colorado Book Award -- Genre Fiction (Winner)
Literary / L 4
            2012 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award -- Fiction (Finalist)
Christian / CH 5
            2012 Christy Award -- Young Adult (Winner)
General Fiction / GF 2
            2011 Moonbeam Children's Book Award -- Picture Book (Gold Medal Winner)
            2011 Florida Book Award -- Children's Literature (Silver Medal Winner)
            2012 Florida Book Award -- Children's Literature (Silver Medal Winner)
General Fiction / GF 2
            2011 Moonbeam Children's Book Award -- Multicultural-Picture Bk (Bronze Medal Winner)
Mystery / M 4
            2012 Christy Award -- Suspense (Finalist)
Horror / HORR 5
            2013 Gateway Readers Award -- High School (Nominee)
            2014 Sequoyah Book Award -- High School (Nominee)
            2013 Florida Teens Read -- Grades 9-12 (Nominee)
            2013 Tayshas Reading -- Young Adult (Commended)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2013 Beehive Award -- Picture Book (Nominee)
            2013 Volunteer State Book Award -- Primary (Nominee)
            2012 Alabama Camellia Award -- Grades K-1 (Honorable Mention)
Fantasy / F 4
            2012 Audies -- Teen (Finalist)
            2012 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens -- Audiobook (Recommended)
Literary / L 5
            2011 Man Booker Prize -- Novel (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2011 New England Book Award -- Children's (Winner)
            2013 Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award -- Grades 4-6 (Nominee)
            2012 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens -- Seven to Ten (Recommended)
            2012 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens -- Audiobook (Recommended)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2012 Charlotte Zolotow Award -- Picture Book Text (Highly Commended)
Fantasy / F 5
            2011 Cybils -- Fantasy/Sci-Fi/YA (Finalist)
Mystery / M 0
            2012 WILLA Literary Award -- Contemporary Fiction (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2011 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize -- Fiction (Finalist)
Fantasy / F 5
            2011 Cybils -- Fantasy/Sci-Fi/YA (Finalist)
            2013 Gateway Readers Award -- High School (Second Place)
            2014 Sequoyah Book Award -- High School (Nominee)
            2013 Black-Eyed Susan Award -- High School (Nominee)
            2014 Green Mountain Book Award -- Grades 9-12 (Nominee)
            2014 Louisiana Teen Readers' Choice -- Grades 9-12 (Honor Book)
            2013 Tayshas Reading -- Young Adult (Commended)
General Fiction / GF 3
            2013 Keystone to Reading Book Award -- Intermediate (Winner)
            2013 Show Me Readers Award -- Grades 1-3 (Winner)
(ss) Historical Romance / HR 3.5
            2012 Rita Award -- Romantic Novella (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2011 NAPPA Gold Award -- Preschoolers & Up (Winner)
            2011 Parents Choice Award (Fall) (2008-Up) -- Picture Book (Silver Medal Winner)
            2012 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens -- Up to Seven (Recommended)
Thriller / T 5
            2012 Benjamin Franklin Award -- Cover Design-Fiction (Winner)
            2012 Benjamin Franklin Award -- Politics/Current Events (Finalist)
Historical / H 4
            2013 Rhode Island Teen Book Award -- Ages 12 & Up (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 4.5
            2012 Tayshas Reading -- Young Adult (Commended)
Historical / H 5
            2012 Spur Award -- Short Novel (Winner)
Historical / H 5
            2012 Spur Award -- Juvenile Fiction (Finalist)
Historical / H 4
            2012 Spur Award -- Paperback Original (Winner)
Cozy Mystery / CZ 4
            2011 Agatha Award -- First Novel (Nominee)
Police Procedural / PP 3.5
            2012 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- Mary Higgins Clark Award (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2012 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens -- Fourteen and Up (Recommended)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2012 Lambda Literary Award -- Gay Romance (Finalist)
Historical Romance / HR 5
            2011 All About Romance Reader Award -- Biggest Tearjerker (Winner - Tie)
            2011 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Romance Couple (Winner)
            2012 Rita Award -- Historical Romance (Winner)
            2011 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Romance Heroine (Winner)
            2011 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Historical Romance Not Set in the U.K. (Winner)
            2011 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Romance Hero (Winner)
            2011 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Romance (Winner)
            2011 All About Romance Reader Award -- Most Kickass Heroine (Winner - Tie)
            2018 All About Romance Reader Award -- Top 100 Romances (*)
Horror / HORR 0
            2012 Midwest Book Award (MIPA) -- Children's Picture (Finalist)
            2011 Midwest Book Award (MIPA) -- Children's Picture (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2014 Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award -- Grades 6-8 (Nominee)
            2014 Virginia Readers Choice Award -- Middle School (Nominee)
            2014 Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award -- Grades 3-5 (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2014 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award -- Grades 6-8 (Nominee)
Historical Mystery / HM 5
            2011 Agatha Award -- Historical (Winner)
            2012 Macavity Award -- Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 3
            2012 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize -- Children's Fiction (Winner)
            2011 Costa Book Award -- Children's (Nominee)
            2014 Grand Canyon Reader Award -- Intermediate (Nominee)
            2013 Flicker Tale Children's Book Award -- Intermediate (Nominee)
            2012 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens -- Seven to Ten (Recommended)
Historical / H 3
            2014 Beehive Award -- Young Adult (Nominee)
Historical / H 5
            2014 Golden Sower Award -- Young Adult (Nominee)
            2013 Volunteer State Book Award -- Middle School (Nominee)
            2012 Black-Eyed Susan Award -- Grades 6-9 (Nominee)
            2014 Sequoyah Book Award -- Intermediate (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2013 Cybils -- Early Chapter Books (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 3.5
            2011 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize -- First Novel (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2011 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Young Adult Novel (Winner)
            2012 Audies -- Narration Author(s) (Winner)
            2012 Audies -- Teen (Finalist)
            2014 Green Mountain Book Award -- Grades 9-12 (Nominee)
            2013 Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award -- Grades 9-12 (Nominee)
            2011 L.A. Times Book Prize -- Young Adult Literature (Finalist)
            2014 Grand Canyon Reader Award -- Teen (Recommended)
            2012 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens -- Audiobook (Recommended)
            2012 Tayshas Reading -- Young Adult (Commended)
            2012 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens -- Fourteen and Up (Recommended)
            
General Fiction / GF 4
            2011 Young Adult Canadian Book Award -- Young Adult (Finalist)
HS-1731 Contemporary Romance / CR 4.5
            2011 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Harlequin SuperRomance (Winner)
Romantic Suspense / RS 5
            2011 Rita Award -- Romantic Suspense (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2011 Moonbeam Children's Book Award -- Pre-Teen Fiction (Bronze Medal Winner)
Erotica / ER 5
            2012 Lambda Literary Award -- Gay Romance (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 3
            1992 Black-Eyed Susan Award -- Picture Book (Nominee)
Romance / R 4
            2011 IndieFab Award -- Young Adult Fiction (Gold Medal Winner)
            2011 Moonbeam Children's Book Award -- Y/A Fiction-Mature Issue (Silver Medal Winner)
Fantasy / F 0
            2011 Moonbeam Children's Book Award -- Pre-Teen Fic-Fantasy (Bronze Medal Winner)
Mystery / M 4
            2014 Nene Award -- Children's Fiction (Nominee)
            2013 Mark Twain Readers Award -- Grades 4-6 (Nominee)
            2013 Volunteer State Book Award -- Intermediate (Nominee)
Romance / R 4
            2011 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Historical Romance Not Set in the U.K. (Honorable Mention)
Historical Romance / HR 4
            2012 Rita Award -- Regency Romance (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 3
            2012 Independent Publisher Book Award -- Children's Pict/7&under (Gold Medal Winner)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2004 Society of Midland Authors Award -- Children's Fiction (Nominee)
Historical / H 4
            2012 Christianity Today Book Award -- Fiction (Winner)
            2011 Langum Prize for Historical Literature -- Historical Fiction (Honorable Mention)
General Fiction / GF 2
            2013 Tayshas Reading -- Young Adult (Commended)
General Fiction / GF 4.5
            2013 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award -- Children's (Nominee)
            2012 Tayshas Reading -- Young Adult (Commended)
Graphic Novel / GN 5
            2011 Cybils -- Graphic Novel/YA (Winner)
            2012 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award -- Young Adults (Winner)
            2011 Bram Stoker Award -- Graphic Novel (Nominee)
            2014 Volunteer State Book Award -- High School (Nominee)
            2014 Virginia Readers Choice Award -- High School (Nominee)
            2014 Young Hoosier Book Award -- Middle Grades (Nominee)
Contemporary Romance / CR 4.5
            2012 Rita Award -- Inspirational Romance (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2012 San Diego Book Award -- Anthology/Collection (Winner)
General Fiction / GF 3
            2012 Pura Belpre Award -- Illustrator (Honor Book)
            2013 Black-Eyed Susan Award -- Picture Book (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 3
            2011 Irma S. & James H. Black Award -- Children's Literature (Honor Book)
            2011 Parents Choice Award (Fall) (2008-Up) -- Picture Book (Silver Medal Winner)
            2012 Buckaroo Book Award -- Children's (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2012 Lambda Literary Award -- Bisexual Fiction (Winner)
            2012 Independent Publisher Book Award -- Literary Fiction (Bronze Medal Winner)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2012 Moonbeam Children's Book Award -- Y/A Fic-Hist/Cultural (Silver Medal Winner)
Science Fiction / Fantasy / SFF 4.5
            2014 Young Hoosier Book Award -- Middle Grades (Nominee)
            2014 William Allen White Childens Book Award -- Grades 6-8 (Nominee)
            2011 Cybils -- Fantasy/Sci-Fi/ELM/Midgr (Finalist)
            2012 Great Stone Face Book Award -- Grades 4-6 (Nominee)
Science Fiction / Fantasy / SFF 3
            2014 Charlotte Award -- High School/Grades 9-12 (Nominee)
            2013 Keystone to Reading Book Award -- High School (Nominee)
            2014 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award -- Young Adult (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2006 Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award -- Picture Book (Nominee)
Fantasy / F 5
            2011 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Epic Fantasy Novel (Winner)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2012 Lambda Literary Award -- Lesbian Romance (Finalist)
Horror / HORR 5
            2012 World Fantasy Award -- Novel (Nominee)
Thriller / T 5
            2012 Audies -- Inspirational/Fiction (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2011 Cybils -- Easy Readers (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 3
            2013 Keystone to Reading Book Award -- Preschool (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2011 NAPPA Gold Award -- Ages 9 & Up (Winner)
            2013 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award -- Grades 6-8 (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2012 South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award -- Picture Book (Nominee)
            2013 Volunteer State Book Award -- Primary (Nominee)
Horror / HORR 0
            2011 Bram Stoker Award -- Anthology (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2012 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens -- Up to Seven (Recommended)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2012 Delaware Diamonds Award -- Grades K-2 (Nominee)
            2013 Keystone to Reading Book Award -- Intermediate (Nominee)
            2013 Monarch Award -- Grades K-3 (Nominee)
            2012 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens -- Seven to Ten (Recommended)
Historical Romance / HR 4
            2011 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- British Isles Historical Romance (Winner)
Historical Romance / HR 5
            2011 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Historical Romance Of The Year (Winner)
            2012 Rita Award -- Regency Romance (Finalist)
Contemporary Romance / CR 5
            2011 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Erotica/Romantica (Winner - Tie)
            
Romance / R 0
            2012 Independent Publisher Book Award -- Erotica (Bronze Medal Winner)
HKR-259 Contemporary Romance / CR 4
            2011 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Kimani Romance (Winner)
Historical / H 5
            2012 Christy Award -- Historical Romance (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2011 Drue Heinz Literature Prize -- Short Fiction (Winner)
            2012 Triangle Award -- Lgbt Fiction (Finalist)
            2012 Lambda Literary Award -- Lesbian Fiction (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2012 Midwest Book Award (MIPA) -- Arts (Art/Music/Photo) (Winner)
            2011 Midwest Book Award (MIPA) -- Arts (Art/Music/Photo) (Winner)
            2011 Midwest Book Award (MIPA) -- Romantic Fiction (Finalist)
            2012 Midwest Book Award (MIPA) -- Romantic Fiction (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 4.5
            2013 Rhode Island Teen Book Award -- Ages 12 & Up (Nominee)
            2013 South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award -- Young Adult (Nominee)
Historical / H 4.5
            2013 Mark Twain Readers Award -- Grades 4-6 (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 4.5
            2012 Alabama Camellia Award -- Grades 2-3 (Winner)
            2013 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award -- Grades 3-6 (Nominee)
            2012 Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award -- Transitional Fiction (Honor Book)
            2013 Volunteer State Book Award -- Intermediate (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2012 Moonbeam Children's Book Award -- Y/A Fic-Horror/Myst (Silver Medal Winner)
Literary / L 4
            2012 Michigan Notable Books -- Notable Book (Winner)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2012 Lambda Literary Award -- Lesbian Romance (Finalist)
Paranormal Romance / PNR 0
            2013 Independent Publisher Book Award -- Fantasy/Sci-Fi (Silver Medal Winner)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2003 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- Young Adult (Nominee)
Fantasy / F 5
            2013 Grand Canyon Reader Award -- Teen (Recommended)
General Fiction / GF 3
            2011 Parents Choice Award (Fall) (2008-Up) -- Picture Book (Gold Medal Winner)
Action Adventure / AA 3.5
            2012 Benjamin Franklin Award -- Cover Design-Child & Y/A (Winner)
            2011 IndieFab Award -- Juvenile Fiction (Gold Medal Winner)
Mystery / M 5
            2014 Sunshine State Young Reader's Award -- Grades 3-5 (Nominee)
            2011 Parents Choice Award (Fall) (2008-Up) -- Fiction (Recommended)
Fantasy / F 5
            2012 William C. Morris YA Debut Award -- Young Adult Literature (Finalist)
            2013 Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award -- Grades 9-12 (Nominee)
            2013 Truman Readers Award -- Grades 6-8 (Nominee)
            2011 Cybils -- Fantasy/Sci-Fi/YA (Finalist)
            2015 Colorado Blue Spruce Award -- Young Adult (Nominee)
            2014 Sequoyah Book Award -- High School (Nominee)
            2014 Evergreen Young Adult Book Award -- Young Adult (Nominee)
            2013 Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers -- Young Adult (Nominee)
            2013 Tayshas Reading -- Young Adult (Commended)
Fantasy / F 5
            2011 Moonbeam Children's Book Award -- Y/A Fic-Fantasy/Sci-Fi (Silver Medal Winner)
General Fiction / GF 3
            2012 Spur Award -- Storyteller (Finalist)
            2013 Show Me Readers Award -- Grades 1-3 (Nominee)
            2013 Florida Children's Book Award -- Pre K - 2nd Grade (Nominee)
            2014 Grand Canyon Reader Award -- Picture (Nominee)
            2013 Star of the North Picture Book Award -- Grades K-2 (Nominee)
            2013 South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award -- Picture Book (Nominee)
            2013 Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award -- Grades K-3 (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 3
            2012 Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award -- Children's Picture (Finalist)
            2011 Northeastern Minnesota Book Award -- Children's Literature (Honorable Mention)
Historical Mystery / HM 2
            2012 Oklahoma Book Award -- Fiction (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 3
            2012 Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award -- Beginning Fiction (Winner)
(e) General Fiction / GF 5
            1978 World Fantasy Award -- Anthology/Collection (Winner)
Romance / R 0
            2012 Independent Publisher Book Award -- Multicultural Fiction (Bronze Medal Winner)
Graphic Novel / GN 4
            2013 Volunteer State Book Award -- Primary (Winner)
            2013 Star of the North Picture Book Award -- Grades K-2 (Winner)
            2013 South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award -- Picture Book (Nominee)
            2012 Texas 2x2 Reading List -- Children's (Recommended)
Historical / H 5
            2011 RoNA -- Historical Romance (Winner)
General Fiction / GF 4.5
            2011 Montana Book Award -- Literary Excellence (Honor Book)
Christian / CH 5
            2012 Christian Retailing's Best -- Children's Fiction (Winner)
            2012 Christian Book Award -- Children & Youth (Finalist)
Romance / R 4
            2012 Rita Award -- Young Adult Romance (Finalist)
Literary / L 4
            2010 Guardian First Book Award -- First Book (Nominee)
Mystery / M 4.5
            2012 Carol Award -- Mystery (Winner)
Mystery / M 3.5
            2012 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- Juvenile (Nominee)
            2015 Nene Award -- Children's Fiction (Nominee)
Action Adventure / AA 0
            2012 Moonbeam Children's Book Award -- Pre-Teen Fiction (Gold Medal Winner)
Erotica / ER 0
            2012 Independent Publisher Book Award -- Erotica (Silver Medal Winner)
Historical Romance / HR 5
            2011 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Romance Heroine (Honorable Mention)
            2012 Rita Award -- Historical Romance (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2011 National Jewish Book Award -- Children/Young Adult (Winner)
            2014 Grand Canyon Reader Award -- Tween (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2012 Lambda Literary Award -- Gay Debut Fiction (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2012 Alabama Camellia Award -- Grades 4-6 (Finalist)
            2012 Delaware Diamonds Award -- Middle School (Nominee)
            2013 Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award -- Grades 4-6 (Nominee)
            2012 Black-Eyed Susan Award -- Grades 6-9 (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2013 Volunteer State Book Award -- Primary (Nominee)
Christian / CH 5
            2013 INSPYs the Bloggers Award for Excellence in Faith-Driven Literature -- Young People's Lit. (Finalist)
            2012 Carol Award -- Young Adult (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2010 Costa Book Award -- Children's (Nominee)
            2012 Great Stone Face Book Award -- Grades 4-6 (Nominee)
            2011 Parents Choice Award (Fall) (2008-Up) -- Fiction (Silver Medal Winner)
General Fiction / GF 0
            2012 Independent Publisher Book Award -- West-Pacific Fiction (Bronze Medal Winner)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2011 Bluebonnet Award -- Children's (Winner)
Fantasy / F 5
            2011 Goodreads Choice Award -- Goodreads Author (Winner)
            2013 Colorado Blue Spruce Award -- Young Adult (Nominee)
Fantasy / F 5
            2012 Buckeye Children's Book Award -- Teen (Nominee)
Romantic Suspense / RS 5
            2011 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Romantic Suspense (Winner)
Contemporary Romance / CR 5
            2012 Christy Award -- Series (Winner)
Literary / L 5
            2011 IndieFab Award -- Literary Fiction (Bronze Medal Winner)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2013 Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award -- Grades 4-6 (Winner)
            2013 Kentucky Bluegrass Award -- Grades 3-5 (Nominee)
            2013 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award -- Children's (Nominee)
Dystopian / DY 5
            2012 Alex Award -- Adult/For Young Adults (Winner)
            2016 Nutmeg Book Award -- High School (Nominee)
            2012 Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers -- Young Adult (Nominee)
            2014 Evergreen Young Adult Book Award -- Young Adult (Nominee)
            2015 Nevada Young Readers' Award -- Young Adult (Nominee)
            2013 Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award -- Grades 9-12 (Nominee)
            2012 Locus Award -- First Novel (Nominee)
            2014 Young Reader's Choice Award -- Senior/Grades 10-12 (Nominee)
            2015 Green Mountain Book Award -- Grades 9-12 (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2012 Independent Publisher Book Award -- Gay/Lesbian Fiction (Gold Medal Winner)
Fantasy / F 4
            2013 Isinglass Teen Read Award -- Grades 6-8 (Nominee)
            2013 Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award -- Young Readers (Nominee)
Historical / H 4
            2011 Governor General's Literary Award -- Children's Literature (Finalist)
            2011 Independent Publisher Book Award -- Multicultural Fic Child (Silver Medal Winner)
Thriller / T 5
            2011 Agatha Award -- Children/Young Adult (Nominee)
            2014 Kentucky Bluegrass Award -- Grades 6-8 (Nominee)
            2012 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- Young Adult (Nominee)
            2013 Gateway Readers Award -- High School (Nominee)
Contemporary Romance / CR 4
            2012 Christian Retailing's Best -- Historical Romance (Winner)
Contemporary Romance / CR 5
            2012 Carol Award -- Romantic Suspense (Winner)
General Fiction / GF 3
            2013 Show Me Readers Award -- Grades 1-3 (Nominee)
Graphic Novel / GN 3
            2012 Oregon Book Award -- Children's Literature (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2014 Sequoyah Book Award -- High School (Nominee)
            2013 Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers -- Young Adult (Nominee)
            2012 Kentucky Bluegrass Award -- Grades 9-12 (Nominee)
            2011 Cybils -- Young Adult Fiction (Finalist)
            2012 Tayshas Reading -- Young Adult (Commended)
Literary / L 4
            2012 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award -- First Fiction (Winner)
            2012 PEN Literary Award -- Hemingway Award: Debut Fiction (Winner)
Literary / L 4
            2010 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize -- Fiction (Finalist)
Literary / L 4.5
            2012 Anthony Award -- Novel (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 4
            2011 L.A. Times Book Prize -- Mystery/Thriller (Finalist)
            2011 Listen Up -- Fiction (Editor's Choice)
Mystery / M 4.5
            2011 INSPYs the Bloggers Award for Excellence in Faith-Driven Literature -- Mystery/Thriller (Finalist)
            2012 Carol Award -- Suspense (Finalist)
            2012 Christy Award -- Suspense (Finalist)
Action Adventure / AA 5
            2012 Moonbeam Children's Book Award -- Y/A Fiction/General (Bronze Medal Winner)
General Fiction / GF 2
            2013 Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award -- Picture Book (Nominee)
            2013 Beehive Award -- Picture Book (Nominee)
General Fiction / GF 3.5
            2013 Keystone to Reading Book Award -- Intermediate (Nominee)
Historical / H 3
            2011 Tayshas Reading -- Young Adult (Commended)
Fantasy / F 4
            2013 Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award -- Picture Book (Nominee)
Historical / H 2
            2012 Jane Addams Children's Book Award -- Books for Older Children (Winner)
            2015 Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award -- Grades 3-5 (Nominee)
            2013 Volunteer State Book Award -- Intermediate (Nominee)
            2013 Kentucky Bluegrass Award -- Grades 3-5 (Nominee)
            2014 Nevada Young Readers' Award -- Young Readers (Nominee)
            2012 Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature -- Children/Young Adult (Commended)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2011 Midwest Book Award (MIPA) -- Popular Fiction (Winner)
            2012 Midwest Book Award (MIPA) -- Popular Fiction (Winner)
Psychological Suspense / PS 5
            2011 Bram Stoker Award -- Novel (Nominee)
Police Procedural / PP 4
            2012 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- First Novel (Nominee)
Police Procedural / PP 5
            2012 Anthony Award -- Novel (Nominee)
Science Fiction Romance / SFR 5
            2011 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Futuristic Romance (Winner)
            2012 Rita Award -- Paranormal Romance (Finalist)
General Fiction / GF 3
            2013 Show Me Readers Award -- Grades 1-3 (Nominee)
Literary / L 3.5
            2011 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize -- First Novel (Finalist)
Historical Romance / HR 4
            2011 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- First Historical Romance (Winner)
            
Contemporary Romance / CR 4
            2012 Carol Award -- Contemporary (Finalist)
Space Opera / SO 5
            2012 Locus Award -- Science Fiction (Nominee)
            2012 Hugo Award -- Novel (Nominee)
Historical / H 3
            2012 San Diego Book Award -- Historical Fiction (Winner)
Fantasy / F 4.5
            2015 Audies -- Thriller/Suspense (Finalist)
Fantasy / F 0
            2011 Independent Publisher Book Award -- Inspirational/Spiritual (Gold Medal Winner)
Mystery / M 0
            2012 Independent Publisher Book Award -- Mystery/Intrigue (Bronze Medal Winner)
General Fiction / GF 5
            2012 Great Stone Face Book Award -- Grades 4-6 (Nominee)
            2012 South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award -- Children's (Nominee)
Historical Romance / HR 4
            2012 RoNA -- Historical Romance (Winner)
Thriller / T 5
            2011 IndieFab Award -- Fiction-Thriller/Suspens (Bronze Medal Winner)
General Fiction / GF 2
            2013 Nene Award -- Children's Fiction (Nominee)
            2014 Nene Award -- Children's Fiction (Nominee)
            2015 Nene Award -- Children's Fiction (Nominee)
Mystery / M 5
            2011 Cybils -- Early Chapter Books (Finalist)
            2012 Buckeye Children's Book Award -- Grades 3-5 (Nominee)
            2014 Monarch Award -- Grades K-3 (Nominee)
            2013 Massachusetts Children's Book Award -- Children's Book (Nominee)
            2013 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award -- Grades K-3 (Nominee)
            2013 Virginia Readers Choice Award -- Elementary (Nominee)
            2013 Sunshine State Young Reader's Award -- Grades 3-5 (Nominee)
            2016 Grand Canyon Reader Award -- Intermediate (Nominee)
            2013 Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award -- Children's (Nominee)
            2014 Sequoyah Book Award -- Children's (Nominee)