Benjamin Franklin Award Winners Fiction

Awards List

2022

My Good Son (Gold Winner)
Yang Huang

Jun-2021
/ General Fiction

Paper Airplanes (Silver Winner)
Tabitha Forney

Sep-2021
/ Thriller

Sunshine Chief (Silver Winner)
Eric Peterson

Nov-2021
/ General Fiction

2019

Tiger Drive (Gold Winner)
Teri Case

Feb-2018
/ Literary

Better Than This (Silver Winner)
Catherine Zane

Sep-2018
/ Psychological Suspense

Float Plan (Silver Winner)
Rob Hiaasen

Sep-2018
/ General Fiction

Guarding Savage (Silver Winner)
Dave Edlund

Oct-2018
/ Thriller

2018

The Bricklayer of Albany Park (Gold Winner)
Terry John Malik

Aug-2017
/ Police Procedural

The Bad Dream Notebook (Silver Winner)
Linda Dahl Vogl

Aug-2017
/ Psychological Suspense

A Hero Dreams (Silver Winner)
Mark Ristau

Sep-2017
/ General Fiction

2017

The Dining Car (Gold Medal Winner)
Eric Peterson

Nov-2016
/ Literary

2015

Crossing Savage (Silver Medal Winner)
Dave Edlund

Mar-2014
/ Action Adventure

Saving Babe Ruth (Silver Medal Winner)
Tom Swyers

Jun-2014
/ General Fiction

2014

Cradle Lake (Silver Medal Winner)
Ronald Malfi

Jun-2013
/ Horror

Little Joe (Silver Medal Winner)
Michael Glasscock

Jun-2013
/ General Fiction

2013

Brambleman (Gold Medal Winner)
Jonathan Grant

Apr-2012
/ Historical

All the Dancing Birds (Silver Medal Winner)
Auburn McCanta

Aug-2012
/ Literary

Hattie (Silver Medal Winner)
Bozena Bowen Anna

Aug-2012
/ General Fiction

Daughters of Fire (Silver Medal Winner)
Tom Peek

Oct-2012
/ Thriller

2012

A Crooked Number (Winner)
Nathan Jorgenson

Jun-2011
/ Literary

2011

News from Home (Finalist)
Sefi Atta

Apr-2010
/ General Fiction

Today's Special: Yes It Is (Finalist)
Warren Hanson

Oct-2010
/ General Fiction

2010

The Middle of the Air (Finalist)
Kenneth Butcher

Oct-2009
/ General Fiction

2009

A Pirate's Heart (Winner)
Catherine Friend

Nov-2008
/ Romance

Buddha in a Teacup (Finalist)
Todd Walton

Feb-2008
/ General Fiction

Callie of the White Sand (Finalist)
Kimberly Ann Freel

Oct-2008
/ Romantic Suspense

2008

Never Surrender (Finalist)
Michael Dobbs

Nov-2003
/ General Fiction

Hundred in the Hand (Finalist)
Joseph M. Marshall III

Aug-2007
/ Historical

2005

Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife (Finalist)
Linda Berdoll

1999
/ Romance

2004

San Remo Drive (Winner)
Leslie Epstein

Nov-2006
/ Historical

Award Categories

Boty-Budget Under 10k

Children's Book W/Audio

Children's Picture Book (0-3 Years)

Children's Picture Book (4-7 Years)

Cover Design (Small)

Cover Design-1-2 Color

Cover Design-3 + Color

Cover Design-3+child-Y/A

Cover Design-3+color Lg

Cover Design-3+color SM

Cover Design-Child & Y/A

Award Years

Romance

Mystery/Thriller

Speculative

Younger Readers

Benjamin Franklin Award - Fiction (Awarded by Independent Book Publishers Association)

Awards List

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