Congratulations to all the category winners for the 2022 HFC Book of the Year.
Thank you to all the authors who submitted this year, and we look forward to an even bigger and better contest this next year.
If your name is on the list, please check in your email on December 31, 2022 for the virtual award badge as we will start sending those out by 8:30 a.m. EST.
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CATEGORY WINNERS
General
Gold Winter Pale Marina Koulouri
Silver Leningrad: The People's Siege Rachel Heil
Bronze War Sonnets Barbara Bittel
Honorable The Ring Breaker Jean Gill
Honorable From the Drop of Heaven Juliette Godot
Literary
Gold The Shadow of the Mole Bob Van Laerhoven
Silver The Dream Collector Ronald w. Meek
Bronze Sabrine & Vincent Ronald w. Meek
Romance
Gold Susan: A Jane Austen Prequel Alice McVeigh
Silver Woodston Kate Westwood
Bronze Beneath the Darkening Clouds Juliane Weber
Honorable Discerning Grace Emma Lombard
Mystery
Gold EO-N Dave Mason
Silver Floats the Dark Shadow Yves Fey
Bronze Bitter Draughts Yves Fey
Honorable Savage City Donald Levin
Fantasy
Gold Close Your Eyes Chris Tomasini
Silver Cate's Crossing Brandon Maggart
Bronze Gallow's Wake Helen Hollick
Honorable Strung Roske
American (General & Western)
Gold Blind Tribute Mari Christie
Silver Daisy Chain Justine Gilbert
Bronze This Hallowed Ground Donna E. Lane
Honorable Firmitas Danuta Pfeiffer
Honorable Bone Necklace Julia Sullivan
Great Britain, Scotland, Ireland
Gold The Godmother's Secret Elizabeth St. John
Silver Small Eden Jane Davis
Silver An Untimely Frost Ted Morrissey
Bronze Beheld Christopher Cevasco
Honorable Ascent Cathie Dunn
Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Canada, Central & South America
Gold The Dream Collector Ronald w. Meek
Silver The Merest Loss Steven Neil
Bronze Harvest of Fear Anna Cienska
Honorable Mention The Angel of Alta Langa Suzanne Hoffman
Ancient World
Gold The Walk of the Wandering Man Ric Szabo
Silver Broken Bones/Shattered Spears Edward Rickford
Bronze Bitter for Sweet Daryl Potter
YA, Teen, Children
Gold Boy at the Crossroads Mary Ford
Silver The Founding Michael Ross
Bronze Hold Fast Bird Jones
Honorable The Adventures of Ruby Pi Tom Durwood
(Geometry Girls)
Biography, Autobiography
Gold The Godmother's Secret Elizabeth St. John
Silver Black, White, and Gray All Over Frederick Douglas Reynolds
Bronze The Importance of Sons Kiera Morgan
Honorable Unfinished Kelly Evans
Honorable The Eisenhower Chronicles M. B. Zucker
Time Travel, Dual Timeline
Gold The Admiral's Wife M. K. Tod
Silver The Prisoner of Paradise Rob Samborn
Bronze Of Ripeness & the River Mary F. Burns
Honorable Finding Jane Elizabeth Conte
Alternate
Gold Confederacy of Fenians James T. Nealon
Silver The Name I Chose Naima Haviland
Bronze Signum T. R. Burgess
Non-Fiction
Gold Sir John James Taylor Richard R. Pyves
Silver Tapestry Malve von Hassell
Bronze Abigail Adams Mary Rae Mauch
Audiobook
Gold A Hundred Sweet Promises Sepehr Haddad
Silver One Must Tell the Bees J. Lawrence Matthews
Bronze We Shall Not Shatter Elaine Stock
Honorable Our Daughter's Last Hope Elaine Stock
Novella
Gold First Kings & Other Stories Ted Morrissey
Silver Someone to Believe In Glena G. Walker
Bronze At the Corner of Hitler & Goering Joseph Kovler
Finalists – Short-listed
The Book of the Year and the Runner-Up will be chosen from this list!
Ted Morrissey
Sepehr Haddad
Richard R. Pyves
James T. Nealon
M K Tod
Elizabeth St. John
Mary Ford
Ric Szabo
Ronald w. Meek
Mari Christie
Chris Tomasini
Dave Mason
Alice McVeigh
Bob Van Laerhoven
Marina Koulouri
Winner and Runner-Up for the 2022 HFC Book Awards announced at 12:01 am EST on January 1st, 2023 - New Year's Eve!!
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