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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

Five Star Review Literary Titan 2023

Literary Titan Gold Star Book Award Novella 2023

Next Indie Generation Book Award Finalist Novella 2023

International Book Awards Finalist Novella 2023

A Change In Destiny, Dark Choices

Five 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

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