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UPCOMING RELEASES & APPEARANCES

2026

February 18 – PNWA Workshop – Murder Boards & Master Plans: Brainstorming Your Mystery
March 3 – Heart’s Curse (from Varus Publishing)
March 22 – Vashon Island Library, Mystery & Crime Panel Discussion – Misdirection, Murder, and Other Writerly Crimes
April 19 – MWA Write in – Writer’s meet up in University Place WA
June 30 – Forged in Flame (from Varus Publishing)
September 10 – Spicy Scenes Anthology (supporting the ACLU)
October 8 – Curse Locked (from Varus Publishing)
October 9 – MWA Writer Meet-Up in Spokane WA
October 15 – Noir at the Bar – featured reader
November 6 – Write in the Harbor – Session Instructor: Fighting for Fiction
November 24 – CrimeBits 3 Anthology (from Simon & Schuster)

2027

January – Savage Hope
February – Fated Fortune (from Varus Publishing)
April 3 – Wicked Reader Event
April 10 – Lore & Luster Reader Event – PreOrder!

AWARDS

PNWA Literary Contest 2025
The Black Crown – 2nd Place
Paint for the Wild – FINALIST
Author Script Awards 2024
Mayhem & Mahalo – WINNER, Best Short Screenplay
Florida Script Awards 2024
Mayhem & Mahalo – 2nd PLACE, Best Short Screenplay
Book Excellence Award 2023
Winter Wonderland – FINALIST, Holiday
Golden Giraffe International Film Festival 2022
Shark’s Instinct – OFFICIAL SELECTION, Best Adapted Screenplay
Hollywood Script Awards 2022
Vampire Heist – WINNER, TV Pilot
Portland Comedy Film Festival 2021
Blue Christmas – FINALIST, Rom-Com
World’s Fastest Screenplay 2021
Shark’s Instinct – FINALIST, TV pilot
Filmatic Short Contest 2021
Lock & Key – SEMIFINALIST
Maincrest Media Award 2021
The Second Shot Audio – WINNER
Maincrest Media Award 2021
Blue Christmas – WINNER
Book Excellence Award 2021
Blue Christmas – FINALIST, holiday
PNWA Literary Contest 2020
Luckless Love – FINALIST, Screenplay
WriteMovies Romance & Comedy Award
Blue Christmas – FINALIST, 2020
PNWA Literary Contest 2019
The Second Shot – FINALIST, Romance
Romance Film & Screenplay Festival
Blue Christmas – WINNER, July 2019
Book Excellence Award 2019
The Seventh Swan – FINALIST, Adventure

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San Juan Mysteries

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