ABOUT
Author
Janet Shawgo
After a 36-year career as a high-risk labor and delivery nurse and 2 decades as a travel nurse, the retiree settled in Galveston Island. As a former Sergeant in a multi-city crime unit investigating homicides, the author has a passion for writing mystery-thriller novels that revolve around murder. She began writing in 2009 while working as a full-time travel nurse and has since published 5 full novels, including Look for Me Series (historical fiction) and Archidamus and Legacy of Lies (mystery/thriller). Her works have won multiple awards, including the Grand Prize for Chatelaine in the Chanticleer Book Awards for Find Me Again. Her novellas and flash fiction works have also gained recognition, and she was a runner-up in the Winter 2022 Fiction Contest by WOW Women on Writing.
AWARDS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LOOK FOR ME SERIES AWARD
Winner Chanticleer Book Awards 2021 First in Category Series for Chatelaine
LOOK FOR ME
Winner Romance Division 2012 International Book Awards
Winner Historical Fiction 2012 Chanticleer Book Awards
Four Star Review 2012 Chanticleer Book Review
Finalist Historical Fiction 2012 International Book Awards
Finalist Romance Division 2012 Next Indie Generation Book Awards
Finalist Mainstream 2012 Chanticleer Book Awards
Finalist Historical Fiction 2012 Chanticleer Book Awards
Finalist Historical Fiction 2013 Laramie Awards Chanticleer Book Awards
Finalist Romance Division 2013 USA Best Book Awards
Historical Novel Society acknowledgment 2015
WAIT FOR ME
Winner Chaucer Award 2013 Women’s Fiction WWII Chanticleer Book Awards
Winner Beverly Hills Book Awards 2015 Military Fiction
Silver Medal Back List Feathered Quill Silver 2018
Five Star Review 2014 Readers Favorite
Four Star Review 2016 Chanticleer Book Reviews
Finalist Chatelaine Romance 2013 Chanticleer Book Awards
Finalist Romance Division 2013 Next Indie Generation Book Awards
Finalist Best Design Fiction 2013 Next Indie Generation Book Awards
Finalist Romance Division 2013 International Book Awards
Finalist Readers Favorite 2015 Military Fiction
Finalist Beverly Hills Book Awards 2015 Historical Fiction
FIND ME AGAIN
Grand Prize Winner 2014 Chanticleer Book Awards Chatelaine Category Romance
Winner Chatelaine Awards 2014 Blended Genre Chanticleer Book Review
Winner Mystery and Mayhem Romance 2014 Chanticleer Book Review
Winner Beverly Hills Book Awards 2016 Romance Category
Winner Independent Press Awards 2017 Adventure Category
Winner NYC Big Book Awards 2017 Adventure Category
Winner Feathered Quill 2018 First in Back List
Five Star Review 2014 Chanticleer Book Review
Five Star Review 2015 Readers Favorite Adventure Category
Finalist Romance Division 2014 Next Indie Generation Book Awards
Finalist Action/ Adventure 2014 Next Indie Generation Book Awards
Finalist Romance Division 2014 International Book Awards
Finalist Murder and Mayhem 2014 Chanticleer Book Review
Finalist Chatelaine Awards 2014 Chanticleer Book Review
Finalist Clue Awards, Suspense/Thriller 2014 Chanticleer Book Review
Finalist Paranormal Awards for Supernatural Fiction 2014 Chanticleer Book Review
Finalist Somerset Awards for Literary and Contemporary Fiction 2014 Chanticleer Book Review
Honorable Readers Favorite 2016 Fiction Intrigue
Finalist Romance 2017 Indie Excellence Book Awards
ARCHIDAMUS
Winner Chanticleer Book Review 2016, First in Category Paranormal/Thriller
Winner Beverly Hills Book Awards 2017 Best Cover Design
Winner Independent Press Awards 2018 Suspense
Winner Feathered Quill Book Awards Mystery/Thriller/Suspense 2019
Winner Feathered Quill Book Awards Adult Fiction 2019
Winner Top Shelf Best Cover for printed Fiction 2019
Winner NYC Big Book Awards Book Cover Design Fiction 2019
Silver Medal, Mystery Category FAPA 2017
Five Star Review Readers Favorite 2017
Five Star Review Chanticleer Book Review 2017
Finalist Best Cover Design Fiction 2017 International Book Awards
Finalist Clue Awards, Suspense/Thriller 2016 Chanticleer Book Review
Finalist Paranormal Awards. Thriller 2016 Chanticleer Book Review
Finalist Somerset Awards, Thriller 2016 Chanticleer Book Review
Finalist Beverly Hills Book Awards 2017 Suspense
Distinguished Favorite Independent Press Awards 2018 Cover Design
Distinguished Award NYC Big Book Awards Thriller 2019
Finalist National Indie Excellence Awards 2018 Suspense
Finalist National Indie Excellence Awards 2018 Cover Design
TopShelf Indie Book Awards Nominee 2019
Legacy of Lies
Winner Independent Press Awards 2020 Thriller
Finalist, Silver Medal Next Indie Awards 2020 Paranormal
Winner First in Category Clue 2019 Chanticleer Book Awards
Finalist Mystery and Mayhem 2019 Chanticleer Book Awards
Finalist Clue 2019 Chanticleer Book Awards
Finalist Paranormal 2019 Chanticleer Book Awards
Semi-finalist Somerset 2019 Chanticleer Book Awards
Five Star Review Readers Favorite 2020
New York Big Book Awards Distinguished Favorite 2020 Book Cover Design
New York Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite 2020 Paranormal Thriller
Five Star Review Chanticleer Book Awards 2021
It’s for the Best (Novella)
Literary Titan Gold Star Book Award Novella 2023
Five Star Review Literary Titan 2023
Five Star Review Readers Favorite 2021
New York Big Book Awards Distinguished Favorite 2021 Book Cover Design-Fiction
Feathered Quill Finalist 2022 Short Story/Anthology
IPA Distinguished Favorite 2022 Book Cover Design-Fiction
International Book Awards 2022 Finalist Novella
NIEA Book Awards Finalist 2022 Regional Southwest
IAN Book Awards Finalist 2022 Novella
The Bishop’s Palace
New York Big Book Awards Distinguished Award 2022 Small Book/Novella
Feathered Quill Book Awards Finalist 2023 Short Story/Anthology
IPA Distinguished Favorite 2023 Novella/Small Book
Four Star Review Readers Favorite 2023
Sweet Penny
Tellables Box of Chocolates Valentines
Second Place
50.00 Cash award
Dark Bitter Joy
Tellables Box of Chocolates Contest
Judges Nostalgia Award 2019
Flash Fiction
The Holliday Slayer 2021 WOW top ten winner