JANUARY 2022 – 4th Quarter 2021 FIREBIRD BOOK AWARD WINNERS
$500 Grand Prize Winner
Nick Chiarkas – Weepers
Action/Adventure Rob Soles – Edgar Doleman
Addiction & Recovery Amelia Baker
Adventure/Suspense Kent Politsch
African-American Fiction Chandra Moyer
African-American Nonfiction Adam Starks
Amateur Sleuth Veronica Cline Barton
Animal/Pets Jordyn Croft
Arts & Entertainment Erica Barry
Asian/Pacific Rim Eleanor Cooper
Audiobook James S. Bostwick
Autobiography Manny Steinberg – Lora DeVore
Biography/Historical Nadine Taylor – Robert Lofthouse
Book Cover Design/Fiction Eleanor Cooper – Joanne Kukanza Easley
Book Cover Design/Non-Fiction Summer Le’Dawn – Adam Starks – Meg Nocero
Book Interior Design/Non-Fiction Meg Nocero
British Mystery Veronica Cline Barton – Veronica Cline Barton
Bullying Lynne Zotalis
Business/Entrepreneurship & Small Business Zachary L. Green
Business General Zachary L. Green – Adam Starks
Business/Motivational Cash Nickerson – Zachary L. Green
Chick-Lit Valerie Taylor
Children Fiction Miriam Isabel Elliott
Children Humor Sue Ganz-Schmitt
Children Illustration Luke Flowers illustrator/Sue Ganz-Schmitt author – Lindsay Ann Fink – Debi Moon
Children/Inspirational/Motivational Kerry Keegan – Jordyn Croft – Raven Howell
Children Motivational Deanie Humphrys-Dunne
Children Non-Fiction Jordyn Croft
Children Non-Fiction ages 5-9 Fred Berri
Children Picture Book Raven Howell – Jordyn Croft
Children Picture Books ages 4-8 Jenny Fulton – Sue Ganz-Schmitt – Lori Croy/Tuula Pere TIE
Children Religion Jenny Fulton – Josie Siler – John Livingston
Christian Non-Fiction Summer Le’Dawn
Christian Fiction Chandra Moyer – Donna Young – Amy Schisler
Coming of Age Joni Marie Iraci – Betsy Ashton
Contemporary Novel Valerie Taylor – Deborah Wynne – Gary Paul Corcoran
Courtroom Drama James S. Bostwick
Cozy Mystery Nicole Asselin – Veronica Cline Barton – Veronica Cline Barton
Creative Non-Fiction Lynne Zotalis
Crime Fiction Betsy Ashton – Nick Chiarkas – Deborah Wynne
Cross Genre Nick Chiarkas
Current Events Ames Sheldon
Death & Dying Carole Brody Fleet – Jenny Fulton
Education Dr. Carol Ameche
Entrepreneurship/Small Business Adam Starks
Erotica Jill Shannon
Fantasy W.D. Kilpack III – Wes Dyson
Fiction Rona D. Drinkard – A.G. Sullivan
Folklore Bibiana Krall & Veronica Cline Barton
Ghosts & Haunted Houses Bibiana Krall & Veronica Cline Barton
Grief Carole Brody Fleet
Hard Boiled Crime Fred Berri
Health Care Lora DeVore
Historical Fiction Eleanor Cooper – Joanne Kukanza Easley – Ames Sheldon
Historical Novel Kent Politsch
History/United States Joan E. Cashin – Joan E. Cashin
Holiday Josie Siler
Horror Ari Loeb – Paul O’Neill – A.G. Sullivan
Horror & Supernatural Bibiana Krall & Veronica Cline Barton
Horror Anthologies Bibiana Krall & Veronica Cline Barton
Inspiration Irene Sardanis – Meg Nocero – Amy Schisler
Juvenile Fiction Eleanor Cooper – Holly Dobbie – Sue Ganz-Schmitt
Legal Fiction James S. Bostwick
Legal Thriller James S. Bostwick – Joni Marie Iraci
LGBTQ Non-Fiction Caitlin Billings
Literary Fiction Catherine Armsden – Betsy Ashton – Holly Dobbie
Magical Realism Bibiana Krall & Veronica Cline Barton
Marriage Valerie Taylor
Medical Snigdha Nandipati
Medical Thriller Summer Le’Dawn
Memoir Carolyn Lee Arnold – Wendy Sanford – Edwin J. Kitchen
Men’s Health Judson Brandeis, MD
Middle Grade Deanie Humphrys-Dunne
Military Fiction Wayne Johnson – Gary Paul Corcoran – Ted Kissel
Mind/Body/Spirit Preethi Saravanakumar
Motivational Meg Nocero – Zachary L. Green – Sharon S. Darrow
Multicultural-Non-Fiction Wendy Sanford – David D E Evans
Music Pamela Harju
Musical Fiction Pamela Harju
Mystery Nick Chiarkas – Steve Zimcosky – Mark Edward Langley
New Adult Fiction Diane Wald – Joni Marie Iraci – Kasie Whitener/A.G. Castillo TIE
New Age Culture Non-Fiction Carolyn Lee Arnold
New Fiction Betsy Ashton – Gary Lee Miller – Robert Gainey
New Fiction (First time published) Jeannee Sacken – Stefanie Chu – A.G. Sullivan
New Non-Fiction (First time published) Summer Le’Dawn – Lora DeVore
Noir Fiction E.A. Coe – Shane Caldwell & Steve Boyle
Non Fiction/Psychiatry and Psychology Lora DeVore
Non-Fiction/History Robert Lofthouse
Novella Steve Zimcosky
Paranormal Austin Lawrence – Diane Wald – Robert Gainey
Paranormal Romance C.R. Robertson – Sharon Buchbinder
Parenting and Family Cameron Crews – Caitlin Billings – Josie Murrell
Performing Arts/Film Erica Barry
Personal Growth Angela Quijada – Beth Gibbs
Poetry Patricia Stanway – William V. Vincoli – Anthony Toomer/Henry Krauss TIE
Political Thriller Anita Dickason – Gary Paul Corcoran
Pre-teen Fiction Eleanor Cooper
Psychiatry/Psychology Meghan Caughey – Caitlin Billings
Reference Aaron S. Bayley
Relationships Carolyn Lee Arnold – Caroline Goldberg Igra
Religion/Fiction Amy Schisler
Romance Sharon Buchbinder – Amy Schisler
Romantic Comedy Sharon Buchbinder – Valerie Taylor
Romantic Suspense Gary Paul Corcoran – Deborah Wynne – Jill Shannon
Science Fiction S.G. Blaise – Bill Eckel
Self Help/Motivational Richard Lui – Rob White – Zander Sprague
Series Valerie Taylor – Mary Lou Wells
Sexuality Carolyn Lee Arnold
Short Stories Connie L. Taylor – Paul O’Neill
Short Story Collection David W. Thompson
Social Media Erica Barry
Social/Political Change Ken Mercer – Bob Zeidman
Southern Fiction Gary Lee Miller
Southern Noir Shane Caldwell & Steve Boyle
Speculative Fiction Diane Wald – C.M. Rieger
Spiritual/Spirituality Denise Brown – Charol Messenger
Sports Fred Haywood – Aaron S. Bayley & Luigi Di Serio
Suspense Anita Dickason – Jeannee Sacken – Tony Garritano
Technology Raj Sundarason – Erica Barry – Kiel Barnekov
Theater, Dance & Music Once Upon A Dance
Thriller Nick Chiarkas – D.K. Golden – A.G. Sullivan
Time Travel Kiel Barnekov
Travel Suspense Veronica Cline Barton – Veronica Cline Barton
Tweens Deanie Humphrys-Dunne
Urban Fantasy Robert Gainey
Visionary Fiction Diane Wald – Sharon S. Darrow
Women Sleuth Veronica Cline Barton
Women’s Fiction Catherine Armsden – Jeannee Sacken – Laurel Osterkamp
Women’s Issues Joni Marie Iraci – Deborah Wynne – Carole Brody Fleet
Young Adult Nick Chiarkas
Young Adult Fiction A.G Sullivan – Steve Zimcosky – Kailey Bright
Young Author written by under age 25 Kailey Bright – Erica Barry
Previous Winners
♥January 2021 Book Award Winners♥
♥April 2021 Book Award Winners♥