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Linnea Tanner

Linnea Tanner weaves Celtic tales of love, magic, adventure, betrayal, and intrigue into historical fiction set in Ancient Rome and Britannia. Since childhood, she has passionately read about ancient civilizations and mythology which held women in higher esteem. Of particular interest are the enigmatic Celts who were reputed as fierce warriors and mystical Druids. Depending on the time of day and season of the year, you will find her exploring and researching ancient and medieval history, mythology and archaeology to support her writing.

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2019 PenCraft Award Winners

Congratulations to our 2019 Pencraft Award First Place Winners
AuthorsReading is proud to announce the finalist for the 2019 Pencraft Award given for extraordinary books and publishing excellence. The winning titles were selected from the myriad of book review submissions of 2018-2019 to AuthorsReading.com. If you are looking for great award-winning books, click on the links below. The following authors have won first place for their respective genre:

Book Of The Year Winners 2019:
Overall: Apollo's Raven (Curse of Clansmen and Kings) (Volume 1) by Linnea Tanner
Non Fiction: Left for Dead at Nijmegen by Marcus A, Nannini
Fiction: Managed Care by Joe Barrett

First Place Category Winners:

A Wistful Tale of Gods, Men and Monsters by David Ruggerio: Fiction-Horror
CeeGee’s Gift by Joy Selak: Young Adult – Coming of Age
Dandelion Summer by Mary Ellen Bramwell: Fiction – Mystery – Sleuth
Dead School by Laura Gia West: Young Adult – Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Dear Wife: A Novel by Kimberly Belle: Fiction – Thriller – Psychological
Deep Background by Rick Treon: Fiction – Suspense
Electro A Small Texas Town by David Lisenby : Fiction – Realistic
Fishermen’s Court by Andrew Wolfendon: Fiction – Thriller – General
Flow Like a River by Mark Guillerman: Fiction – Action
Hy Brasil: Island of Eternity by Robert Kearns: Fiction – Mystery – Irish
AESOP by Michele Packard: Fiction – Thriller – Terrorist
No Fences in Alaska by Glen Sobey : Young Adult – Teen
No Rest for the Wicked by Phoebe Darqueling : Fiction – Gaslamp Fantasy
Paddle for A Purpose by Barb Geiger: Nonfiction – Memoir
Simon Grave and the Curious Incident of the Cat in the Daytime by Len Boswell: Fiction – Humor
Someone to Kiss my Scars by Brooke Skipstone: Young Adult – Abuse
Purgatorium by J.H. Carnathan: Fiction – Supernatural
Jocelyn’s Box of Socks by Kristen L. Jackson: Children – Preschool
The Spider House by Linda Anthony Hill: Fiction – Paranormal
The Watanabe Name by Sakura Nobeyama: Fiction – Historical
The Council (The Witch’s Ambitions Trilogy Book 1) by Kayla Krantz: Fiction – Fantasy
Vortex by Kimberly Packard: Fiction – Womens
White Oaks by Jill Hand: Fiction – Thriller – General
Terror in Boring Town by Hoot N. Holler: Children 4th-6th
The The Brotherhood (The Brotherhood Chronicle Book 1) by Tejas Desai: Fiction General
The Isotoner Ordeal by Christopher Leibig: Fiction – Leagle Thriller
The Kings Assassin by Ed Cannon: Fiction – Fantasy – Sword & Sorcery
The McCarron’s Daughter by Sharon K. Middleton: Romance – Historical

Total List of the 2019 Winners
The annual submission deadline for consideration in the 2020 Pencraft Award competition is Midnight on September 10, 2020. All books published within the last 3 years, and reviewed during the 2019-2020 review period are automatically eligible for consideration in the 2020 Pencraft Award competition. Make sure your book is submitted prior to the September 10th deadline to assure its consideration. The date of the 2020 Pencraft Award ceremony and prize amounts will be announced at a later date.

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Apollo's Raven (Curse of Clansmen and Kings) (Volume 1)

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In France, A Debate About Kissing A Traditional Custom Goodbye

Mayor Aude Picard-Wolff told 73 municipal counselors she would no longer greet them with the customary two-cheek kiss, known as la bise, which she said wastes time and is unhygienic and sexist.

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Lost Novella by Walt Whitman Discovered by Grad Student

By E.C. Flamming | February 22, 2017 | 11:35am Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Books News Walt Whitman. The grad student, Zachary Turpin, was scouring an online database of 19th century newspapers looking for unique names found in other Whitman works. It was then that Turpin unearthed the 36,000-word, six-part novella published anonymously in a New York newspaper in 1852. The rambling full title, Life and Adventures of Jack Engle: An Auto-Biography; In Which The Reader Will Find Some Familiar Characters, and the subtitle, A Story of New York at the Present Time, are distinct to Whitman and the literary time period.

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